1859-Narrat-UMI

Item

PID
1859-Narrat-UMI
Short Title
A Narrative of the Life and Labors of the Rev. G. W. Offley
Title
Narrative of the life and labors of the Rev. G. W. Offley, a colored man, local preacher and missionary, A ; who lived twenty-seven years at the South and twenty-three at the North; who never went to school a day in his life, and only commenced to learn his letters when nineteen years and eight months old; the emancipation of his mother and her thee children; how he learned to read while living in a slave state, and supported himself from the time he was nine years old until he was twenty-one
Title on Source
A NARRATIVE | OF THE | LIFE AND LABORS | OF THE | REV. G. W. OFFLEY, | A COLORED MAN, | Local Preacher and Missionary, | WHO LIVED TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS AT THE SOUTH AND TWENTY-THREE | AT THE NORTH; WHO NEVER WENT TO SCHOOL A DAY IN HIS LIFE, | AND ONLY COMMENCED TO LEARN HIS LETTERS WHEN NINETEEN YEARS AND EIGHT MONTHS OLD; THE EMANCIPATION OF | HIS MOTHER AND HER THREE CHILDREN; HOW HE | LEARNED TO READ WHILE LIVING IN A SLAVE | STATE, AND SUPPORTED HIMSELF FROM THE | TIME HE WAS NINE YEARS OLD | UNTIL HE WAS TWENTY-ONE. | HARTFORD, CONN., 1859.
Responsibility
G. W. Offley
Creator Name
Offley, G. W. (Greensbury Washington), 1808-1896
Creator URI
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96011913
Place of Publication
Hartford, CT
Spatial Coverage FAST
Connecticut--Hartford
Spatial Coverage FAST URI
http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1207441
Spatial Coverage Getty
United States, Connecticut, Hartford, Hartford
Spatial Coverage Getty URI
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013695
Date of Publication
1859
Language
English
Language Code
eng
Holding Institution
Holding Archive
OCLC Number
44621529
Medium
hymnal
Type
Text
Rights Statement Name
No Copyright - United States
Rights Statement URI
https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/
Source Type
Other
Physical Description
Text document: 24 p.
Material Held
complete
Pagination
24 pages
Notation
Nil
Scoring Summary
Nil
Total Scoring
Nil
Content
Sacred
Still in Use
No
Subject
Bookbinding--Paper binding
Pamphlets
Autobiographies
Endorsements in advertising
Infanticide
Economics
Literacy
Slavery
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wrestling
Boxing
Theology
Alcoholism
Revivals
Sunday legislation
Public officers
Suffrage
Duelling
Wright, Robert, 1752-1826
Hymns, English
Maryland--Centreville
Delaware--Saint Georges
Local Identifier
Pam 1859 Of
Project Name
Sounding Spirit
Data Entry
Pender, Patrick
Fulton, Erin