Life of James Mars, A Slave Born and Sold in Connecticut (1867 Hartford Case, Lockwood and Company edition) (Q5222)
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1867 Hartford Case, Lockwood and Company edition of the Life of James Mars
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Life of James Mars, A Slave Born and Sold in Connecticut (1867 Hartford Case, Lockwood and Company edition) |
1867 Hartford Case, Lockwood and Company edition of the Life of James Mars |
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LIFE OF JAMES MARS, | A SLAVE | BORN AND SOLD IN | CONNECTICUT. | FIFTH EDITION. | [rule] | WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. | [rule] | HARTFORD: | PRESS OF CASE, LOCKWOOD & COMPANY. | 1867.
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33-38
continues the narrative through to the present moment, including his marriage and move to Hartford, his successful efforts to keep an enslaved girl from being shipped south via writ of habeus corpus, and the reaction of the community. Also brief biographies of his children, an injury from a fall, his recovery, and his anger at post-war disenfranchisement in Connecticut.
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[4], 38 pages
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Small textual changes begin at least as early as page 30, where "ninety" dollars (from the 1864 edition) becomes $90. On page 33, the paragraph break at "Things all went along pleasantly" has been removed. On page 33, "West" becomes "west." On page 34, what is third person narration in the 1864 edition becomes quoted speech: "There is nothing I want to stay here for. . ."
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The final paragraph of the 1864 edition, beginning "I am now seventy-four years of age. . ." has been eliminated, replaced by the Appendix.
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18.5 https://blackbibliog.rutgers.edu/entity/Q61
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11.5 https://blackbibliog.rutgers.edu/entity/Q61
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