Narrative of the sufferings of Lewis Clarke : during a captivity of more than twenty-five years, among the Algerines of Kentucky, one of the so called Christian states of North America

Author:

Clarke, Lewis Garrard, 1812-1897.

Title:

Narrative of the sufferings of Lewis Clarke : during a captivity of more than twenty-five years, among the Algerines of Kentucky, one of the so called Christian states of North America / dictated by himself.

Format:

Book

Published:

Boston: : David H. Ela, printer, at the stone steps, 37 Cornhill., 1845.

Language:

English

Description:

viii, [1], 10-108 pages : frontispiece portrait ; 23 cm

Other contributors:

Lovejoy, Joseph C. (Joseph Cammet), 1805-1871. Ela, David Hough, 1804-1846, publisher.

Variant title:

Running title: Narrative of Lewis Clarke

Notes:

"Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1845, By Lewis Clarke, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts."--Verso of title page. Dictated to J.C. Lovejoy. Preface (pages [v]-vii) signed and dated: J.C. Lovejoy, Cambridgeport, April 1845. Lilly Library copy title-page with ownership signature: S. Ketchum, 1863. Disbound.

References:

Library Company of Philadelphia. Afro-Americana, 1553-1906 (2nd ed.), 2367 Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 13433 Clark, T.D. Travels in the Old South, 288 Howes, C457

Subject headings:

Clarke, Lewis Garrard, 1812-1897. Clarke, Lewis Garrard, 1812-1897--Portraits. Enslaved persons--Biography. Slavery--Kentucky. Slavery--United States. Slave trade--United States.

Genre heading:

Slave narratives. Captivity narratives.