Memoir of Pierre Toussaint, Born a Slave in St. Domingo Auteur(s) : Lee, Hannah Farnham Sawyer, 1780-1865 Éditeur(s) : Crosby, Nichols, and Company Crosby, Nichols, and Company ( Boston ) Résumé : This is a record-only item for the full text, which is available online from DocSouth: http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/leehf/menu.html . Droits : Applicable rights remain with the author/creator. 52990250 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00014702/00001 | Partager Voir aussi African Americans -- New York -- Biography. Blacks -- Haiti -- Biography. Free African Americans -- New York -- Biography. Hairdressing -- New York -- History. Slave narratives. Slavery -- Haiti -- History. Slavery --New York -- History. Slaves -- Haiti -- Biography. Slaves -- New York -- Biography. Toussaint, Pierre, 1766-1853? |
Letter to A. Thomé, Wascissa Near Tallahassee Auteur(s) : Murat, Achille, 1801-1847 Résumé : (Biographical) Planter and attorney. (Biographical) Achille eventually settled in Florida, first in St. Augustine, and afterwards at Wascissa, Florida, near Tallahassee. On July 12, 1826, he married Catherine Daingerfield Willis Gray, a distant niece of George Washington. Achille made his living as a planter and an attorney, published his observations on life in America, and made numerous trips back to Europe, involving himself in various intrigues against the French monarchy. (Biographical) Because of his father's title as King of Naples, Floridians often referred to Murat and his wife as the Prince and Princess of Tallahassee. He was one of the most colorful and opinionated settlers in territorial Florida. (Language) The bulk of the material is in French, but some of the correspondence is translated into English. France Florida Florida Wascissa United States United States Florida Florida France Leon 12073 St Johns 12109 Droits : All rights reserved. Board of Trustees of the University of Florida | Partager Voir aussi Political refugees -- Correspondence ( lcsh ) Political refugees -- Correspondence ( lcsh ) Plantations ( lcsh ) History -- 19th century ( lcsh ) Social life and customs -- 19th century ( lcsh ) History -- 1821-1865 ( lcsh ) Social life and customs -- 19th century ( lcsh ) Politics and government -- 19th century ( lcsh ) ( CEEUS ) ( CEEUS ) |
Narrative of Joanna, an emancipated slave of Surinam : from Stedman's Narrative of a five year's expedition against the revolted Negroes of Surinam. Auteur(s) : Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744-1797. Éditeur(s) : I. Knapp I. Knapp ( Boston ) Résumé : (Additional Physical Form) Note: Filmed from original in the New York Public Library Schomburg Collection. (Additional Physical Form) Additional version in the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection North American slave narratives: http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/stedman/menu.html (Additional Physical Form) Early Caribbean Literature and History. Alternate title/citation from scholar 1824 Anonymous. Joanna, or The Female Slave, a West Indian Slave. (From Stedman’s Narrative of an Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam 1796) Published for L. Relfe, S & R Bentley. London, 1824. Suriname Droits : See Hathi Trust statement. 53405037 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00014501/00001 | Partager |
Victor Hughes, le conventionnel Auteur(s) : Sainte-Croix de la Roncière, Georges, 1872- Éditeur(s) : [s.n.] : En vente chez l'auteur [s.n.] : ( Paris ) En vente chez l'auteur Résumé : (Bibliography) Bibliography: p. [326]-327. (Statement of Responsibility) Sainte-Croix de la Roncière. Guadeloupe France Guadeloupe France America France America Guadeloupe 001066078 24425884 AFF0203 | Partager |
Letter to Comte Thibaudeau, Paris Auteur(s) : Murat, Achille, 1801-1847 Résumé : (Biographical) Planter and attorney. (Biographical) Achille eventually settled in Florida, first in St. Augustine, and afterwards at Wascissa, Florida, near Tallahassee. On July 12, 1826, he married Catherine Daingerfield Willis Gray, a distant niece of George Washington. Achille made his living as a planter and an attorney, published his observations on life in America, and made numerous trips back to Europe, involving himself in various intrigues against the French monarchy. (Biographical) Because of his father's title as King of Naples, Floridians often referred to Murat and his wife as the Prince and Princess of Tallahassee. He was one of the most colorful and opinionated settlers in territorial Florida. (Language) The bulk of the material is in French, but some of the correspondence is translated into English. France Florida Florida Wascissa United States United States Florida Florida France Leon 12073 St Johns 12109 Droits : All rights reserved. Board of Trustees of the University of Florida | Partager Voir aussi Political refugees -- Correspondence ( lcsh ) Political refugees -- Correspondence ( lcsh ) Plantations ( lcsh ) History -- 19th century ( lcsh ) Social life and customs -- 19th century ( lcsh ) History -- 1821-1865 ( lcsh ) Social life and customs -- 19th century ( lcsh ) Politics and government -- 19th century ( lcsh ) ( CEEUS ) ( CEEUS ) |
Letterbook for the Simon Plantation, St. Kitts Auteur(s) : Cary, Samuel, 1742-1812 Résumé : (Biographical) Samuel Cary, Jr., was born in 1742 in the Boston suburb of Chelsea. Following his graduation from Harvard, he moved to the West Indies where he managed plantations for various individuals before purchasing a Grenada sugar plantation. In 1772, after the death of his father, Cary left the West Indies and returned to live in the Chelsea family home. (Biographical) Charles Spooner was a British planter who owned several plantations in the Caribbean, specifically the Leeward Islands of the West Indies. William Manning (1763-1835), a British merchant with property and business interests in the West Indies, was a member of Parliament and served as a director and governor of the Bank of England. Saint Kitts and Nevis Grenada Grenada Saint Kitts Saint Kitts Saint Kitts Saint Kitts Saint Kitts Grenada Saint Kitts and Nevis 55617481 | Partager |
Angel "Grandfather" Urquiloa on hunger strike Auteur(s) : Reinke, Bill ( Photographer ) Résumé : Photo date stamped on back: April 11, 1980. (Biographical) "34 true Cuban patriots ... are starving themselves as they say the thousands of their brothers and sisters trapped in the Peruvian Embassy in Havana are starving. ... 'I no work until I have an answer from the governments and from the world,' said 56-year-old Angel Urquiloa." -- Article by Jack Knarr in the Miami News, April 10, 1980, p. 4A. (Biographical) In early April 1980, the Cuban government announced that anyone wishing to leave the country should go to the Peruvian Embassy. Within two days about 10,000 Cubans entered the grounds. On April 20, Castro announced that all who wished to leave could board boats at the port of Mariel. Thus began the Mariel Boatlift. (Preferred Citation) Cite as Miami News Collection, HistoryMiami, 1995-277-3047. Cuba Droits : All rights reserved by the source institution. 1995-277-3047 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00015765/00001 | Partager |
Letter to Comte Thibaudeau Auteur(s) : Murat, Achille, 1801-1847 Résumé : (Biographical) Planter and attorney. (Biographical) Achille eventually settled in Florida, first in St. Augustine, and afterwards at Wascissa, Florida, near Tallahassee. On July 12, 1826, he married Catherine Daingerfield Willis Gray, a distant niece of George Washington. Achille made his living as a planter and an attorney, published his observations on life in America, and made numerous trips back to Europe, involving himself in various intrigues against the French monarchy. (Biographical) Because of his father's title as King of Naples, Floridians often referred to Murat and his wife as the Prince and Princess of Tallahassee. He was one of the most colorful and opinionated settlers in territorial Florida. (Language) The bulk of the material is in French, but some of the correspondence is translated into English. France Florida Florida Wascissa United States United States Florida Florida France Leon 12073 St Johns 12109 Droits : All rights reserved. Board of Trustees of the University of Florida | Partager Voir aussi Political refugees -- Correspondence ( lcsh ) Political refugees -- Correspondence ( lcsh ) Plantations ( lcsh ) History -- 19th century ( lcsh ) Social life and customs -- 19th century ( lcsh ) History -- 1821-1865 ( lcsh ) Social life and customs -- 19th century ( lcsh ) Politics and government -- 19th century ( lcsh ) ( CEEUS ) ( CEEUS ) |
The Royal African, or, Memoirs of the Young Prince of Annamaboe ; Royal African ; Memoirs of the young Prince of Annamaboe ; North American slave narratives Auteur(s) : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -- Documenting the American South (Project) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -- Library Éditeur(s) : Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( [Chapel Hill, N.C.] ) Résumé : (Statement of Responsibility) interspers'd throughout with several historical remarks on the commerce of the European Nations, whose subjects frequent the Coast of Guinea. To which is prefixed a letter from the Author to a Person of Distinction, in reference to some natural curiosities in Africa, as well as explaining the motives which induced him to compose these memoirs. (Original Version) Transcribed from: London : Printed for W. Reeve, [1750?] 55 p. The Royal African, or, Memoirs of the Young Prince of Annamaboe : comprehending a distinct account of his country and family : his elder brother's voyage to France, and reception there : the manner in which himself was confided by his father to the Captain who sold him : his condition while a slave in Barbadoes : the true cause of his being redeemed : his voyage from thence : and reception here in England / interspers'd throughout with several historical remarks on the commerce of the European Nations, whose subjects frequent the Coast of Guinea. To which is prefixed a letter from the Author to a Person of Distinction, in reference to some natural curiosities in Africa, as well as explaining the motives which induced him to compose these memoirs. 2nd ed. (Funding) Funding from the University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill supported the electronic publication of this title. (System Details) Mode of access: Internet World Wide Web. Title from electronic title page (viewed June 14, 2004). This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection North American slave narratives. Text transcribed by Apex Data Services, Inc. Images scanned by Elizabeth S. Wright. Text encoded by Apex Data Services, Inc. and Elizabeth S. Wright. Item in DocSouth. Early Caribbean Digital Archive. Africa Africa, West Great Britain Africa, West 57188847 ocm57188847 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00015399/00001 | Partager |
Biography of Mahommah G. Baquaqua ; Interesting narrative : biography of Mahommah G. Baquaqua ; North American slave narratives Auteur(s) : Baquaqua, Mahommah Gardo Moore, Samuel, active 1854 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -- Documenting the American South (Project) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -- Library Éditeur(s) : Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ( [Chapel Hill, N.C.] ) Résumé : (Statement of Responsibility) written and revised from his own words by Samuel Moore. (Original Version) Transcribed from the photocopy of: Detroit : Printed for the author, Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua, by Geo. E. Pomeroy & Co., Tribune office, 1854. 66 p. ; 22 cm. Biography of Mahommah G. Baquaqua : a native of Zoogoo, in the interior of Africa (a convert of Christianity), with a description of that part of the world, including the manners and customs of the inhabitants ... Mahommah's early life, his education, his capture and slavery in Western Africa and Brazil, his escape to the United States, from thence to Hayti, (the city of Port Au Prince,) his reception by the Baptist Missionary there, the Rev. W.L. Judd; his conversion to Christianity, Baptism, and return to this country, his views, objects and aim / written and revised from his own words by Samuel Moore, ESQ., late publisher of the "North of England Shipping Gazette," author of several popular works, and editor of sundry reform papers. Cover title: An interesting narrative : biography of Mahommah G. Baquaqua ...|"Prayer of the oppressed"--P. [66]. (Funding) Funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities supported the electronic publication of this title. (System Details) Mode of access: Internet World Wide Web. (System Details) System requirements: PC with modem or direct Internet connection; SGML viewer required for SGML files. Title from electronic title page. This electronic edition has been transcribed from a photocopy supplied by the North Carolina State University Library. Includes information about Central Africa "their religious notions, form of government, laws, appearance of the country, buildings, agriculture, manufactures, shepherds and herdsmen, domestic animals, marriage ceremonials, funeral services, styles of dress, trade and commerce, modes of warfare, system of slavery, &c., &c." This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection North American slave narratives. Text transcribed by Apex Data Services, Inc. Text encoded by Apex Data Services, Inc., Elizabeth S. Wright and Natalia Smith. Early Caribbean Digital Archive. Africa Africa Brazil Africa, Central Africa, Central Droits : See: http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/baquaqua/menu.html 48112283 ocm48112283 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00015610/00001 | Partager |
Código formado por los negros de la isla de Santo Domingo de la parte francesa hoi estado de Hayti Auteur(s) : López Cancelada, Juan, 1765- Haiti -- Sovereign (1811-1820 : Henri Christophe) Éditeur(s) : Con licencia, impreso por Quintana Con licencia, impreso por Quintana ( Cádiz ) Résumé : (Statement of Responsibility) traducido del frances por D. Juan López Cancelada, redactor de la Gazeta de Nueva España, con los retratos de los principales gefes de la insurrección. Title from PDF t.p. (LLMC Digital, viewed on July 17, 2011) Errata p. 103. Includes brief biographical information about Louverture, Dessalines, Cristophe, El Mentor, and Biassou. Haiti Haiti Haïti Haiti Haiti Haïti Haïti Haïti Haiti 741477552 ocn741477552 | Partager |
Miriam and Mirisa Alonso Auteur(s) : Canova, Pat ( Photographer ) Résumé : Date stamped on verso: August, 25, 1966. (Preferred Citation) Cite as Miami News Collection, HistoryMiami, 1995-277-9785. (Biographical) Former City of Miami and Miami-Dade County commissioner. Miami, Florida Droits : All rights reserved by the source institution. 1995-277-9785 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00015734/00001 | Partager |
Evelyn M. Williams, 1914 Auteur(s) : Charles W. Turnbull Résumé : single page with biographical information on Evelyn M. Williams Virgin Islands Droits : All rights reserved by the source institution. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00013510/00001 | Partager |
Life in the yaguas, Photographs by Aida Garcia Alonso Auteur(s) : García Alonso, Aida Éditeur(s) : Aida García Alonso Aida García Alonso ( Habana, Cuba ) Résumé : (Acquisition) From private collection. (Biographical) Aida García Alonso was Cuban. She attended Mexico's National School of Anthropology and History (ENAH) where she got a degree in cultural anthropology. After the Cuban Revolution, García Alonso returned to Cuba. There she started to do ethnographic research in Las Yaguas, a series of slums in Havana. Her work coincided with the Cuban government's project of relocating Las Yaguas' dwellers to new houses built by the new regime. The result of her fieldwork was the book Manuela la Mexicana published by Casa de las Americas in 1968. In the 1970s, García Alonso was preparing a second edition. For this newer edition she prepared photographs and statistics on the people who used to live in Las Yaguas and was relocated. Fidel Castro's government censored the work, and García Alonso went into exile to Mexico in 1980, where she died in 2009. This digital collection includes the photographs, captions, and statistics that were to be included in the second edition of Manuela la Mexicana. Havana, Cuba Droits : Applicable rights reserved. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00019386/00006 | Partager |
Life in the yaguas, Photographs by Aida Garcia Alonso Auteur(s) : García Alonso, Aida Éditeur(s) : Aida García Alonso Aida García Alonso ( Habana, Cuba ) Résumé : (Acquisition) From private collection. (Biographical) Aida García Alonso was Cuban. She attended Mexico's National School of Anthropology and History (ENAH) where she got a degree in cultural anthropology. After the Cuban Revolution, García Alonso returned to Cuba. There she started to do ethnographic research in Las Yaguas, a series of slums in Havana. Her work coincided with the Cuban government's project of relocating Las Yaguas' dwellers to new houses built by the new regime. The result of her fieldwork was the book Manuela la Mexicana published by Casa de las Americas in 1968. In the 1970s, García Alonso was preparing a second edition. For this newer edition she prepared photographs and statistics on the people who used to live in Las Yaguas and was relocated. Fidel Castro's government censored the work, and García Alonso went into exile to Mexico in 1980, where she died in 2009. This digital collection includes the photographs, captions, and statistics that were to be included in the second edition of Manuela la Mexicana. Havana, Cuba Droits : Applicable rights reserved. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00019386/00014 | Partager |
Year book Auteur(s) : [Society of the Chagres] Éditeur(s) : (Mount Hope, C.Z.) (Mount Hope, C.Z.) Résumé : Includes "Biographical notes" of members. Began in 1911 Panama Canal Museum Droits : All rights reserved by the source institution. 30180994 07092203 | Partager Voir aussi |
St. Lazarus candlelight procession Auteur(s) : O'Brien, Michael ( Photographer ) Résumé : Photo date-stamped on back: December 17, 1975. (Biographical) "The cult of Saint Lazarus is one of the most popular traditions in [Cuba]. This worship emerged of the catholic and Yoruba religions ... Lazarus is compared to Babalú Aye, an orisha Yoruba, who was invoked to heal health problems. On December 17th many believers travel from every part of the country to visit the Sanctuary of Saint Lazarus ... south [of] Havana." -- http://www.cuban-traditions.com/religions/catholic/saint_lazarus/saint_lazarus.html. (Biographical) This procession may have been sponsored by St. Lazarus Catholic Church, 1778 NW 3 Street, Miami. (Preferred Citation) Cite as Miami News Collection, HistoryMiami, 1995-277-3100. Miami, Florida Droits : All rights reserved by the source institution. 1995-277-3100 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00015769/00001 | Partager |
Bolívar el caraqueño. Tomo 1. Auteur(s) : Díaz Sánchez, Ramón Éditeur(s) : Bloque Dearmas Bloque Dearmas ( Caracas? ) Résumé : (Funding) Support for the development of the technical infrastructure and partner training provided by the United States Department of Education TICFIA program. Venezuela Droits : All rights reserved by the source institution. | Partager |
Funeral booklet for Nurse Julia Amelia Butler-Albury Auteur(s) : Butler-Albury, Julia Amelia, 1909-2006 Éditeur(s) : Bethel Brothers Bethel Brothers ( Nassau, Bahamas ) Résumé : Includes newspaper article: Catherine Conyers-Wilson A 'Bahamian' Florence night-in-gale, Nassau Guardian, May 2001. Bahamas Bahamas Bahamas Droits : All rights reserved by the source institution. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00021200/00001 | Partager |
The story of a West Indian policeman ; West Indian policeman ; Forty-seven years in the Jamaica constabulary Auteur(s) : Thomas, Herbert T Éditeur(s) : Thomas? Thomas? ( Kingston, Jamaica ) Résumé : (Statement of Responsibility) by Herbert T. Thomas. (Biographical) Herbert Theodore Thomas was born 6 June 1856 in Jamaica, and died in 1930. Author of Untrodden Jamaica (1890; http://www.dloc.com/AA00020116/ ) & The story of a West Indian Policeman-47 years in the Jamaica Constabulary (1927; http://www.dloc.com/AA00010421/ ). Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica Droits : Per Internet Archive posting (http://archive.org/details/TheStoryOfAWestIndianPoliceman) this text is in the Public Domain. 24201661 ocm24201661 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00010421/00001 | Partager |