Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave (1838 Isaac Knapp, third edition) (Q2032)
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Third edition, published in 1838 by Isaac Knapp
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave (1838 Isaac Knapp, third edition) |
Third edition, published in 1838 by Isaac Knapp |
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MEMOIR AND POEMS | OF | PHILLIS WHEATLEY, | A NATIVE AFRICAN AND A SLAVE. | ALSO, | POEMS by A SLAVE. | [rule] | 'Some view the sable race with scornful eye- | Their color is a diabolic dye; | But know, ye Christians, Negroes black as Cain, | May be refined, and join the angelic train.' | [rule] | THIRD EDITION. | [rule] | BOSTON, | PUBLISHED BY ISAAC KNAPP, | No. 25 Cornhill. | [rule] | 1838.
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frontispiece
caption: PHILLIS WHEATLEY | Servant to Mr. John Wheatley of Boston | BOSTON. | LIGHT & HORTON.
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Entered, according to an Act of Congress, in the year 1838, by | ISAAC KNAPP, | In the Clerk's office of the District Court of Massachusetts.
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28 February 1776Gregorian
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authentication
opposite first page of preface
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DEDICATION | [rule] | TO | The Right Honorable, | THE COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON, | THE FOLLOWING POEMS | ARE MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED | BY HER MUCH OBLIGED, VERY HUMBLE, | AND DEVOTED SERVANT, | PHILLIS WHEATLEY. | BOSTON, JUNE 12, 1773. | 4*
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