Tag: Slavery

Thirty-Five Years in Slavery, and Then Out

Thirty-Five Years in Slavery, and Then Out

A 1902 memoir by John Thomas, who was born into slavery and lived through emancipation. To the best that can be determined, no other copy exists—at least none are cataloged anywhere.

The Slave Ship Brooks

The Slave Ship Brooks

Princeton is particularly rich in important copies of the Slave Ship Brooks, representations of which went viral at the end of the eighteenth century and helped in abolishing the trade in England.