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Title
'The overseer ... had brutally assaulted my mother.'
Collection

Truth is stranger than fiction." An autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson (Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom") from 1789 to 1879

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1879
Place: Boston
Publisher: B.B. Russell & Company
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc Rare 326.92-H
Topics
Henson, Josiah, 1789-1883
Slavery -- United States
African American mothers
Slaveholders -- United States
Genres
Illustrations
Physical Description
Engravings
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR5051173-B
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11673970
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ffc74390-c6b2-012f-a520-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1879: Issued
  • 2020: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "'The overseer ... had brutally assaulted my mother.'" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1879. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-74d9-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "'The overseer ... had brutally assaulted my mother.'" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-74d9-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1879). 'The overseer ... had brutally assaulted my mother.' Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-74d9-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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'The overseer ... had brutally assaulted my mother.'