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Title

A tribute for the Negro : being a vindication of the moral, intellectual, and religious capabilities of the coloured portion of mankind : with particular reference to the African race : illustrated by numerous biographical sketches, facts, anecdotes, etc. and many superior portraits and engravings / by Wilson Armistead.

Author

Armistead, Wilson, 1819?-1868.

Publication

Manchester : William Irwin, 39, Oldham Street ; London : Charles Gilpin, Bishopsgate Street ; [New York] : American agent: Wm. Harned, Anti-slavery office, 61 John Street, New York ; [Philadelphia] : and may be had of H. Longstreth and G.W. Taylor, Philadelphia, 1848.

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Additional Authors

• Irwin, William (Publisher)
• Gilpin, Charles, 1815-1874
• Harned, William
• Longstreth, Henry, 1814-1904
• Taylor, George W., 1803-1891
• Holl, William, 1807-1871

Description

xxxv, [1], 564, [4] p., [11] leaves of plates : facsims., ports.; 24 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Subject

• Black people
• African Americans
• Black race
• Black people > Biography
• African Americans > Biography

Genre/Form

Inscriptions (Provenance)

Note

• With a half-title.
• Title and text within ornamental borders.
• "Manchester: Printed by William Irwin, 39, Oldham Street."--printer statement, verso of title page; also on colophon as "Wm. Irwin, printer, 39, Oldham Street, Manchester."
• Includes engravings by W. Holl.
• [4] p. of publishers' advertisements at end.

Indexed In (note)

• Hogg, P.C. African slave trade and its suppression
• Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.)

Provenance (note)

• inscribed: in ink on front pastedown "A.A. Schomburg." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

pt. 1. An inquiry into the claims of the Negro race to humanity, and a vindication of their original equality with the other portions of mankind, with a few observations on the inalienable rights of man, the sin of slavery, &c., &c. -- pt. 2. Biographical sketches of Africans, or their descendants, with testimonies of travellers, missionaries, &c. respecting them. Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa -- Job Ben Solliman -- Sadiki -- Testimony of Captain Pilkington -- Placido -- The happy Negro -- Richard Cooper -- Testimony respecting the Bushmen -- Anthony William Amo -- Toussaint L'Ouverture -- Subsequent history of St. Domingo -- Notice of a son of Toussaint -- Geoffrey L'Islet -- Kafir generosity -- J.E.J. Capitein -- Christian kindness in an African -- Othello -- James Derham -- Anecdote of two Negroes in France -- Kindness of a coloured female -- Thomas Jenkins -- Notice of an intelligent Negro -- Nergo character and ability -- Hospitable Negro woman -- Attobah Cugoano -- William Hamilton -- Phillis Wheatley -- John Kizell -- Benjamin Banneker -- Faith of a poor blind Negro -- A pious and enlightened Kafir -- Intelligent and eloquent Kafir -- Captive female -- Jan Tzatzoe -- Andies Stoffles -- Extract of a letter from John Candler -- Grateful slaves -- Simeon Wilhelm -- Louis Desrouleaux -- Prince Gagangha Acqua -- Benoit the Black -- Benjamin Cochrane -- Rosetta -- Disinterested testimony to Negro ability and faithfulness -- Alexandre Petion -- James W.C. Pennington -- Ignatius Sancho -- Eva Bartels -- John Mosely -- Nancy Pitchford -- Lott Carey --Testimony of Joseph Sturge -- Cornelius -- Moravian Missions -- Intelligent Africans -- A Negro slave and poet -- Frederick Douglass -- Negro character and ability -- Suana -- Jasmin Thoumazeau -- Paul Cuffe -- Extract of a letter from Maryland -- Ashton Warner -- Alexander Crummell -- Anecdote illustrative of faithfulness -- Marossi, the Bechuana boy -- Extraordinary fidelity of a Negro boy -- The Amistad captives -- Testimony of Dr. Thompson -- Llewellyn Cupido Michells -- The grateful Negro -- The faithful Negress -- Francis Williams -- Henry H. Garnett -- Solomon Bayley -- Hannibal, or Annibal -- Facts from Liberia -- Joannes Jaager -- Testimonies of Hannah Kilham -- A noble slave emancipated -- Eustace -- William Wells Brown -- A mass of facts, demonstrative of Negro capability ... -- Living witnesses -- Joseph Thorne -- Thomas Harris -- S.A. Prescod -- Mr. Jordan -- Richard Hill -- London Bourne -- Concluding observations.

Call Number

Sc Rare 572.5-A (Armistead, W. Tribute for the Negro)

LCCN

12030165

OCLC

2814163

Author

Armistead, Wilson, 1819?-1868.

Title

A tribute for the Negro : being a vindication of the moral, intellectual, and religious capabilities of the coloured portion of mankind : with particular reference to the African race : illustrated by numerous biographical sketches, facts, anecdotes, etc. and many superior portraits and engravings / by Wilson Armistead.

Imprint

Manchester : William Irwin, 39, Oldham Street ; London : Charles Gilpin, Bishopsgate Street ; [New York] : American agent: Wm. Harned, Anti-slavery office, 61 John Street, New York ; [Philadelphia] : and may be had of H. Longstreth and G.W. Taylor, Philadelphia, 1848.

Indexed In:

Hogg, P.C. African slave trade and its suppression, 1491

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 655

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 572.5-A (copy 1) (accession no. B547518) inscribed: in ink on front pastedown "A.A. Schomburg." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Researchers are restricted to the microform copy in: Sc Micro R-6264.

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Added Author

Irwin, William (Publisher), publisher.

Gilpin, Charles, 1815-1874, publisher.

Harned, William, publisher.

Longstreth, Henry, 1814-1904, publisher.

Taylor, George W., 1803-1891, publisher.

Holl, William, 1807-1871, engraver.

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

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 572.5-A (Armistead, W. Tribute for the Negro)