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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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Book/TextUse in library Sc Rare 225.5-H (Hodgson, W. B. The Gospels, written in the)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
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Additional Authors
  • London, Mandingo slave.
  • Ethnological Society of New York.
Description
16 pages; 24 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Subject
  • London, Mandingo slave > Language
  • Bible. > Manuscripts, English
  • Bible. > Manuscripts, Arabic
  • English language > United States > Dialects
  • Enslaved persons > United States > Language
  • Muslims > United States > Language
  • Arabic language > Africa
  • Christian converts from Islam
  • Muslims, Black
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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Added Author
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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