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Book/Printed Material Experience and personal narrative of Uncle Tom Jones, who was for forty years a slave Surprising adventures of Wild Tom, of the island retreat, a fugitive Negro from South Carolina

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Title

  • Experience and personal narrative of Uncle Tom Jones, who was for forty years a slave; also, The surprising adventures of Wild Tom, of the island retreat, a fugitive negro from South Carolina

Other Title

  • Surprising adventures of Wild Tom, of the island retreat, a fugitive Negro from South Carolina

Names

  • Jones, Thomas H.
  • Hildreth, Richard, 1807-1865

Created / Published

  • Boston, Sold at Skinner's Rooms [1854?]

Headings

  • -  Jones, Thomas H
  • -  Carter, Thomas,--slave
  • -  Slavery--United States
  • -  Enslaved persons--United States--Biography
  • -  Enslaved persons--United States--Social conditions
  • -  Fugitive slaves--Biography

Notes

  • -  "The surprising adventures of Wild Tom ..." (p. [29]-56) is an extract from "Archy Moore, the white slave ...", by Richard Hildreth.
  • -  Also available in digital form.

Medium

  • 56 p. 24 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E444 .J77

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 11022463

OCLC Number

  • 6978103

Online Format

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  • pdf
  • online text

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Jones, Thomas H, and Richard Hildreth. Experience and personal narrative of Uncle Tom Jones, who was for forty years a slave; also, The surprising adventures of Wild Tom, of the island retreat, a fugitive negro from South Carolina. [Boston, Sold at Skinner's Rooms ?, 1854] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/11022463/.

APA citation style:

Jones, T. H. & Hildreth, R. (1854) Experience and personal narrative of Uncle Tom Jones, who was for forty years a slave; also, The surprising adventures of Wild Tom, of the island retreat, a fugitive negro from South Carolina. [Boston, Sold at Skinner's Rooms ?] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/11022463/.

MLA citation style:

Jones, Thomas H, and Richard Hildreth. Experience and personal narrative of Uncle Tom Jones, who was for forty years a slave; also, The surprising adventures of Wild Tom, of the island retreat, a fugitive negro from South Carolina. [Boston, Sold at Skinner's Rooms ?, 1854] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/11022463/>.