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Gilbert Hunt [electronic resource] : the city blacksmith / Barrett, Philip, 1838-1900.

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  • Physical Description: 1 electronic resource
  • Edition: Electronic edition
  • Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999.

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General Note:
Text scanned (OCR) by Sarah Reuning. Text encoded by Fiona Mills and Natalia Smith.
This electronic edition has been transcribed from a photocopy provided by the Library of Virginia.
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.
Original Version Note:
Transcribed from a photocopy of: Gilbert Hunt : the city blacksmith / by Philip Barrett, author of "Flowers by the wayside," &c. Richmond : James Woodhouse, 1859. 34 p. "A young gentleman ... proposes publishing a brief sketch of Gilbert's life and labors - the proceeds of which are to be appropriated to the aid of this magnanimous old Negro." cf. Advertisement from the Richmond whig, May 13th, 1859: p. [4]. "The blacksmith's night [poem] by Rev. R. Hoyt": pages [33]-34. "The burning of the Richmond theatre": pages [20]-31.
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; Panorama for SGML files.
Source of Description Note:
Title from TEI header.
Subject: Hunt, Gilbert, 1780?-1863.
African American blacksmiths > Virginia > Biography.
African Americans > Virginia > Biography.
Enslaved persons > Virginia > Biography.
Theaters > Accidents > Virginia > Richmond.
Genre: Slave narratives.