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Title

  • Historic sketches of the South,

Names

  • Roche, Emma Langdon, 1878-

Created / Published

  • New York, The Knickerbocker Press, 1914.

Contents

  • Beginnings of American slavery.--Early legislation against the slave traffic.--Illegal traffic in slaves.--Preparations for "Clotilde's" voyage.--The capture of the Tarkars.--Voyage of the "Clotilde".--The return.--The Tarkars at Dabney's plantation.--Tarkar life in America.--Impressions of Alabama in 1846.

Headings

  • -  Slave trade--United States
  • -  Slavery--Alabama

Notes

  • -  The last chapter "Impressions of Alabama in 1846" is "reprinted from 'South Atlanic quarterly', July, 1908."
  • -  Also available in digital form.

Medium

  • iii p., 1 l., 148 p. front., plates, ports. 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E447 .R67

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 14014314

OCLC Number

  • 5519101

Online Format

  • online text
  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Roche, Emma Langdon. Historic sketches of the South. New York, The Knickerbocker Press, 1914. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/14014314/.

APA citation style:

Roche, E. L. (1914) Historic sketches of the South. New York, The Knickerbocker Press. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/14014314/.

MLA citation style:

Roche, Emma Langdon. Historic sketches of the South. New York, The Knickerbocker Press, 1914. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/14014314/>.