The kidnapped and the ransomed

Collection History

This digital compilation was developed in support of the NYPL website, "The African American Migration Experience," a sweeping 500-year historical narrative from the transatlantic slave trade to the Western migration, the colonization movement, the Great Migration, and the contemporary immigration of Caribbeans, Haitians, and sub-Saharan Africans.

Related Resources

NYPL. "In Motion: The African-American Migration Experience."(2005) <http://www.inmotionaame.org>

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Description
The kidnapped and the ransomed. Being the personal recollections of Peter Still and his wife "Vina," after forty years of slavery. By Mrs. Kate E. R. Pickard. With an introd. by Rev. Samuel J. May; and an appendix by William H. Furness, D.D.
Names
Pickard, Kate E. R. (Author)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1856
Place: Syracuse, New York
Publisher: W. T. Hamilton, Miller, Orton and Mulligan
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: Sc Rare 326.92 (Still) P
Topics
Slavery -- Kentucky
Genres
Books
Illustrations
Physical Description
Extent: Xxiii, 25-409 pages, 3 pages illustrations (including frontispiece) ; 19 cm
Engravings
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR13117042-B
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11662309
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 649ba7f0-c60a-012f-e2a5-58d385a7bc34
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