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The life and sufferings of John Joseph, a native of Ashantee, in Western Africa [electronic resource] : who was stolen from his parents at the age of 3 years, and sold to Mr. Johnstone, a cotton planter, in New Orleans, South America.

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  • Edition: Electronic edition
  • Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000.

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General Note:
Text transcribed by Apex Data Services, Inc. Text encoded by Lee Ann Morawski and Natalia Smith.
This electronic edition has been transcribed from a photocopy supplied by the Miller-Nichols Library Special Collection, University of Missouri - Kansas City.
This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection North American slave narratives.
Title from electronic title page.
Original Version Note:
Transcribed from photocopy of: The life and sufferings of John Joseph, a native of Ashantee, in Western Africa : who was stolen from his parents at the age of 3 years, and sold to Mr. Johnstone, a cotton planter, in New Orleans, South America. Wellington : printed for John Joseph by J. Greedy, 1848. 8 p. ; 18 cm.
Funding Information Note:
Funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities supported the electronic publication of this title.
System Details Note:
System requirements: PC with modem or direct Internet connection; SGML viewer required for SGML files.
Subject:
Joseph, John, slave.
African Americans > Biography.
Black people > Biography.
Enslaved persons' writings, American
Enslaved persons > Southern States > Biography.
Fugitive slaves > Southern States > Biography.
Slavery > Southern States > History.
Genre:
Slave narratives.