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The Gospels, written in the Negro patois of English, with Arabic characters, by a Mandingo slave in Georgia.

Title: The Gospels, written in the Negro patois of English, with Arabic characters, by a Mandingo slave in Georgia.
Author: Hodgson, William Brown, 1800-1871
Publication: [New York] : [publisher not identified], [1857]

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Book/Text	Use in library	Sc Rare 225.5-H (Hodgson, W. B. The Gospels, written in the)	Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
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Description

16 pages; 24 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

Arabic language > Africa
Bible > Gospels > Manuscripts, English
Bible > Gospels > Manuscripts, Arabic
Muslims, Black
Muslims > United States > Language
English language > United States > Dialects
Christian converts from Islam
London, Mandingo slave > Language
Slaves > United States > Language

Note

Paper read before the Ethnological Society of New York on Oct. 13, 1857, on the occasion of presentation of the manuscript of the Gospels (written by a Mandingo named London) to the Society.
"At a regular meeting of the Ethnological Society of New York, on the 13th of October, 1857, the following paper was read by W.B. Hodgson, Esq., of Savannah."--page [3].

Indexed In (note)

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)

Provenance (note)

is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Call Number

Sc Rare 225.5-H (Hodgson, W. B. The Gospels, written in the)

OCLC

15037189

Author

Hodgson, William Brown, 1800-1871, author.

Title

The Gospels, written in the Negro patois of English, with Arabic characters, by a Mandingo slave in Georgia.

Publisher

[New York] : [publisher not identified], [1857]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 4877

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 225.5-H (accession no. B594215) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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London, Mandingo slave.

Ethnological Society of New York.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 225.5-H (Hodgson, W. B. The Gospels, written in the)

*YHZ (Negro-Eng.) (Hodgson, W.B. Gospels)

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