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Afro-American Encyclopaedia; or the Thoughts Doings and Sayings of the Race Embracing Addresses Lectures Biographical Sketches Sermons Poems Names of Universities Colleges Seminaries Newspapers Books and a History of the denominations Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact It teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored people as Discussed by More than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best men and Women by Haley, James T., editor - 1896
by Haley, James T., editor
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Afro-American Encyclopaedia; or the Thoughts Doings and Sayings of the Race Embracing Addresses Lectures Biographical Sketches Sermons Poems Names of Universities Colleges Seminaries Newspapers Books and a History of the denominations Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact It teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored people as Discussed by More than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best men and Women
by Haley, James T., editor
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Nashville, Tenn: Haley & Florida, 1896. Second Printing of first edition. Frontispiece of Staue of Liberty. with photographss and illus. xiv, 640pp. LOSS OF TEXT at pp. 581 and 582 with facsimile laid in. 4to. Publisher's brown cloth, stamped in black and gold decoration, floral decorated endpapers. Spine laid down. Second Printing of first edition. Frontispiece of Staue of Liberty. with photographss and illus. xiv, 640pp. LOSS OF TEXT at pp. 581 and 582 with facsimile laid in. 4to. First edition of this encyclopedia of African American history, comprised of short biographies and articles on African-American history and institutions. The book was sold by subscription and aimed at an audience booth white and black. The articles are largely sourced from newspapers and other printed sources; for example, the biography of Frederick Douglass by William Lloyd Garrison is reprinted from The Monthly Review. "The scarcity of books by negro authors suggested the idea of the compilation of this book.... We have tried to compress within a few hundred pages the momentous events connected with the Afro-American race during the nineteenth century" (Preface).
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- Format/Binding Frontispiece of Staue of Liberty. with photographss and illus. xiv, 640pp. LOSS OF TEXT at pp. 581 and 582 with facsimile laid i
- Book Condition Used - Publisher's brown cloth, stamped in black and gold decoration, floral decorated endpapers. Spine laid down
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- Publisher Haley & Florida
- Place of Publication Nashville, Tenn
- Date Published 1896
- Keywords African American History | Incompletes
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Afro-american Encyclopaedia, Or, The Thoughts, Doings, And Sayings Of The Race: Embracing Addresses, Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names Of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, And A History Of The Denominations,
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