A narrative of the uncommon sufferings, and surprizing deliverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro man
Subtitle: 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
Contributors: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: African Americans; Biography; African American sailors; Slaves; Slavery; Early works to 1800; Indians of North America; Indian captivities; Shipwrecks; Shipwreck victims; Slaves' writings, American
Other titles: Narrative of the uncommon sufferings, and surprising deliverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro man; North American slave narratives.
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Transcribed from photocopy of: 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. Boston : printed and sold by Green & Russell, in Queen-Street, 1760. 14 p. ; 18 cm.

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