Research Catalog

Title

The happy Negro.

Author

Serle, Ambrose, 1742-1812

Publication

• Andover: [Massachusetts] : [New England Tract Society], 1820.
• Andover: [Massachusetts] : Printed for the New England Tract Society by Flagg and Gould, 1820.

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Additional Authors

• New England Tract Society, publisher
• Flagg and Gould (Andover, Mass.), printer
• Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, Bookplate
• Reddick, Lawrence Dunbar, 1910-1995, Curator

Description

8 pages; 18 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (2021-2024).

Series Statement

[American Tract Society. Publications] ; no. 7

Subject

• Conversion
• Christian life
• African Americans > Religion

Note

• Caption title.
• "[No. 7."--Page 1, above title.
• "The happy Negro" is attributed to Ambrose Serle in "Sketch of the origin and character of the principal series of tracts of the American Tract Society" (American tract magazine, Nov. 1831).
• Imprint and edition statement from colophon on the bottom of page 8.

Indexed In (note)

• 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. H711558 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. Item lacks original covers and is bound with additional blank pages at back, in navy cloth over boards, and gilt spine.

Contents

The happy Negro -- On vital religion -- The profligate reclaimed -- The pious labourer -- The praying soldier.

Call Number

Sc Rare 248-H (Happy Negro. 1820)

OCLC

25984560

Author

Serle, Ambrose, 1742-1812, author.

Title

The happy Negro.

Publisher

Andover: [Massachusetts] : [New England Tract Society], 1820.

Manufacturer

Andover: [Massachusetts] : Printed for the New England Tract Society by Flagg and Gould, 1820.

Edition

4th edit. 6,000.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

[American Tract Society. Publications] ; no. 7

Indexed In:

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 2

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. H711558 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. Item lacks original covers and is bound with additional blank pages at back, in navy cloth over boards, and gilt spine.

Source

H711558 NN

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Local Subject

Bookplates (Provenance).

Place of Publication

United States Massachusetts Andover.

Added Author

New England Tract Society, publisher.

Flagg and Gould (Andover, Mass.), printer.

Arthur A. Schomburg Negro Collection, Bookplate.

Reddick, Lawrence Dunbar, 1910-1995, Curator.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 248-H (Happy Negro. 1820)