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A narrative of the life of Rev. Noah Davis a colored man : written by himself, at the age of fifty-four

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  • Physical Description: electronic resource
    Electronic data (1 file : ca. 150 kilobytes).
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  • Edition: Electronic edition
  • Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Text scanned (OCR) by Fiona Mills. Images scanned by Fiona Mills. Text encoded by Chris Hill and Natalia Smith.
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 narrative of the life of Rev. Noah Davis : a colored man / written by himself, at the age of fifty-four. Baltimore : published by John F. Weishampel, JR., c1859. 82, [2] p. : ill., port ; 17 cm. Cover title: Narrative of a colored man. "Printed solely for the author's benefit." "The object of the writer, in preparing this account of himself, is to raise sufficient means to free his last two children from slavery. Having already, within twelve years past, purchased himself, his wife, and five of his children ..."--Page facing front.
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: Davis, Noah 1803 or 1804-
African American Baptists Clergy Biography
African Americans Maryland Baltimore Biography
African Americans Virginia Biography
Enslaved persons' writings, American
Freedmen Maryland Biography
Slavery Virginia History 19th century
Enslaved persons Virginia Biography
Genre: Slave narratives.

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