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Jamaica in 1850, or, The effects of sixteen years of freedom on a slave colony. By John Bigelow

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Author:
Bigelow, John 1817-1911  Search this
Printer:
William C. Bryant & Co.  Search this
Subject:
Bigelow, John 1817-1911 Travel  Search this
Soulouque, Faustin ca. 1788-1867  Search this
Physical description:
[2], iii, iv, 214 p. 19 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
Jamaica
Date:
1851
Notes:
The copyright statement on the verso of the t.p. is dated 1850.
"Wm. C. Bryant & Co., printers, 18 Nassau Street, cor. Pine"--Verso of t.p.
"Appendix A. Visit to the emperor of Haiti": p. [189]-199.
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SCNHRB copy 39088012165676 has half of one of its front free endpapers excised, apparently to remove a still-partly-visible ms. ink inscription.
SCNHRB copy has an embossed stamp on p. [1] (4th group): Smithsonian Institution National Museum. Accession no.: 177044.
SCNHRB copy has the publisher's blind-stamped blue embossed cloth binding with gilt-tooled spine and yellow endpapers.
SCNHRB copy 39088012165676 has bookplate: Smithsonian Libraries Adopt-a-Book program. Adopted by Richard W. Renner and Jackie Vossler In honor of Leslie K. Overstreet of the Cullman Library on November 28, 2017.
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Topic:
Blacks  Search this
Description and travel  Search this
Economic conditions  Search this
Call number:
F1868 .B54 1851
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
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