A narrative of the uncommon sufferings, and surprizing deliverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro man, ---servant to General Winslow, of Marshfield, in New-England : who returned to Boston, after having been absent almost thirteen years. : Containing an account of the many hardships he underwent from the time he left his master's house, in the year 1747, to the time of his return to Boston. --How he was cast away in the Capes of Florida ; --the horrid cruelty and inhuman barbarity of the Indians in murdering the whole ship's crew ; --the manner of his being carry'd by them into captivity. Also, an account of his being confined four years and seven months in a close dungeon, --and the remarkable manner in which he met with his good old master in London ; who returned to New-England, a passenger, in the same ship.
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Boston :
Printed and sold by Green & Russell, in Queen-Street.,
1760.
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Series: | Eighteenth century collections online.
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Online Access: | CONNECT |
Item Description: | "To the reader, as my capacities and condition of life are very low ... I shall only relate matters of fact as they occur to my mind."--Page [3]. Readex Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (14 pages) |
Place of Publication: | United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston. |