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The Happy Negro : being a true account of a very extraordinary Negro in North America, and of an interesting conversation he had with a very respectable gentleman from England : to which is added, the grateful Negro.

Title
The Happy Negro : being a true account of a very extraordinary Negro in North America, and of an interesting conversation he had with a very respectable gentleman from England : to which is added, the grateful Negro.
Publication
London : Printed by W. Clowes, for the Religious Tract Society, [1830?]

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Book/textUse in library Sc Rare 248-H (Happy Negro. Printed by W. Clowes. 1830)Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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Additional Authors
  • Clowes, William, 1779-1847
  • Religious Tract Society (Great Britain), creator, publisher
  • Schomburg Collection, Stamp
  • Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, Bookplate
  • Reddick, Lawrence Dunbar, 1910-1995, Curator
Description
8 pages : illustrations; 18 cm.
Donor/Sponsor
Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2021-2024).
Series Statement
Religious tract society, London. Publications ; Second Series Tracts No. 527
Alternative Title
Grateful Negro
Subject
  • Slavery > United States
  • Conversion
  • Christian life
  • African Americans > Religion
Note
  • At head of title: No. 527.
  • Title vignette.
Indexed In (note)
  • NSTC
  • NUC pre-1956
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall.
Provenance (note)
  • With bookplate of Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection.
Local note
  • The Schomburg Center's Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Book Division's copy includes accession no. H745075 in ink on the top right corner of [2] of cover and page 3. Probably one of the books s added to the collection during the period when Catherine A. Latimer was the collection librarian, and Lawrence Reddick was the Curator. It lacks original covers and is bound with additional blank pages at back, in navy cloth over boards, and gilt spine.
Call Number
Sc Rare 248-H (Happy Negro. Printed by W. Clowes. 1830)
OCLC
29324436
Title
The Happy Negro : being a true account of a very extraordinary Negro in North America, and of an interesting conversation he had with a very respectable gentleman from England : to which is added, the grateful Negro.
Imprint
London : Printed by W. Clowes, for the Religious Tract Society, [1830?]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Religious tract society, London. Publications ; Second Series Tracts No. 527
Indexed In:
NSTC N418
NUC pre-1956 NH105809
New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature & History. Boston: G. K. Hall., v. 4, page 3255, column 3, row 4
Provenance
With bookplate of Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection. NN
Local Note
The Schomburg Center's Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Book Division's copy includes accession no. H745075 in ink on the top right corner of [2] of cover and page 3. Probably one of the books s added to the collection during the period when Catherine A. Latimer was the collection librarian, and Lawrence Reddick was the Curator. It lacks original covers and is bound with additional blank pages at back, in navy cloth over boards, and gilt spine.
Source
H745075 NN
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Local Subject
Bookplates (Provenance).
Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
Added Author
Clowes, William, 1779-1847, publisher, printer.
Religious Tract Society (Great Britain), creator, publisher.
Schomburg Collection, Stamp,
Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, Bookplate.
Reddick, Lawrence Dunbar, 1910-1995, Curator.
Research Call Number
Sc Rare 248-H (Happy Negro. Printed by W. Clowes. 1830)
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