<I>The Freedmen's Book</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1866
name: label: Written by
content: Lydia Maria Child, American, 1802 - 1880
label: Published by
content: Ticknor and Fields, American, 1854 - 1878
notes: label: Description
content: A hardcover book with dark brown cover. Gold writing on the spine reads, [The / Freedmen's / Book / Mrs. Child / Ticknor & CO]. The title page readds [THE / FREEDMEN'S BOOK. / BY L. MARIA CHILD.] followed by a quote from John G. Whittier, the logo for Ticknor and Fields, and the text [BOSTON: / TICKNOR AND FIELDS. 1866.]. The book begins with a dedication to Robert Small, reading [TO / THE LOYAL AND BRAVE / CAPTAIN ROBERT SMALL, / Hero of the Steamboat Planter, / THIS VOLUME IS REPSECTFULLY DEDICATED BY / L. MARIA CHILD.]. This is followed by an introductory greeting addressed [TO THE FREEDMEN.] that begins with "I have prepared this book expressly for you, with the hope that those of you who can read will read it aloud to others, and that all of you will derive fresh strength and courage from this true record of what colored men have accomplished, under great disadvantages." It is signed [Your old friend, / L. Maria Child.]. Contents include biographies, prayers, poems, and essays.
place: label: Place depicted
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Antislavery
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
label: Topic
content: Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
label: Topic
content: Slavery
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Stanley Turkel's Collection of Reconstruction Era Materials
label: Classification
content: Library Collections
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Stanley Turkel's Collection of Reconstruction Era Materials
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.160.174
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (closed): 7 7/16 × 4 7/8 × 7/8 in. (18.9 × 12.4 × 2.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (open): 7 7/16 × 8 7/8 × 7/8 in. (18.9 × 22.5 × 2.2 cm)