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Book/Printed Material Wonderful eventful life of Rev. Thomas James

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Title

  • Wonderful eventful life of Rev. Thomas James

Summary

  • An autobiography by James, a minister in the A.M.E. church, recounting his life from slavery to the ministry to the anti-slavery movement in New York and Massachusetts. Contains an interesting account of how he ran a camp for free and refugee African Americans in Kentucky during the Civil War.

Names

  • James, Thomas, 1804-1891
  • Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Rochester, N.Y. : Post-Express Printing Company ..., 1887.

Headings

  • -  James, Thomas,--1804-1891
  • -  Enslaved persons--Biography
  • -  Antislavery movements

Genre

  • Autobiographies--New York (State)--Rochester--1887
  • Slave narratives--New York (State)--Rochester--1887

Medium

  • 24 p. ; 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E449 .D16 vol. B, no. 22

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 90898306

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • pdf

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

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Chicago citation style:

James, Thomas, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. Wonderful eventful life of Rev. Thomas James. Rochester, N.Y.: Post-Express Printing Company, 1887. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/90898306/.

APA citation style:

James, T. & Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. (1887) Wonderful eventful life of Rev. Thomas James. Rochester, N.Y.: Post-Express Printing Company. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/90898306/.

MLA citation style:

James, Thomas, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. Wonderful eventful life of Rev. Thomas James. Rochester, N.Y.: Post-Express Printing Company, 1887. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/90898306/>.