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African trading [microform] : or, The trials of William Narh Ocansey, of Addah, West Coast of Africa, River Volta

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Title
African trading [microform] : or, The trials of William Narh Ocansey, of Addah, West Coast of Africa, River Volta
Names
Ocansey, John E. (Author)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1881
Place: Liverpool, [England]
Publisher: J. Looney
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc Micro R-3513
Topics
Merchants -- Africa
Africa -- Commerce
Genres
Books
Notes
Content: Schomburg microfilm series ; no.335
Content: Trial of Robert W. Hickson, ship owner (trading as Hickson,Sykes & co.) charged with having misappropriated a large sum of money entrusted to him as agent by John Emmanuel Ocansey (trading under the name of W.N. Ocansey and sons, native West African merchants): p. 60-86.
Citation/reference: *ZZ-15996
Statement of responsibility: written by John E. Ocansey, during his short stay in Liverpool, England, in the year 1881.
Physical Description
Microforms
Extent: 92 p. : ill.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12587559
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 95874ee0-c54c-012f-1c94-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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  • 1881: Issued
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  • 2024: Found by you!
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "African trading [microform] : or, The trials of William Narh Ocansey, of Addah, West Coast of Africa, River Volta" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1881. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/92e94b12-7db0-7eb1-e040-e00a18060aaf

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "African trading [microform] : or, The trials of William Narh Ocansey, of Addah, West Coast of Africa, River Volta" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/92e94b12-7db0-7eb1-e040-e00a18060aaf

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1881). African trading [microform] : or, The trials of William Narh Ocansey, of Addah, West Coast of Africa, River Volta Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/92e94b12-7db0-7eb1-e040-e00a18060aaf

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African trading [microform] : or, The trials of William Narh Ocansey, of Addah, West Coast of Africa, River Volta