Narrative of Dimmock Charlton
Subtitle: a British subject, taken from the brig "Peacock" by the U.S. Sloop "Hornet," enslaved while a prisoner of war, and retained forty-five years in bondage
Contributors: Cox, Susan H.; 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: 2000
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Black people; Biography; Slaves; Hornet (Sloop); Peacock (Brig)
Other titles: North American slave narratives.
Notes: Title from electronic title page.

Introductory chapter (p. [1]-3) signed: Mary L. & Susan H. Cox.  The remainder of the pamphlet consists of extracts from the New York times and the Anti-slavery reportrer relating to the case. Charlton, earlier known as Tallen and John Bull, was captured in Africa, released from a slave-ship by a British war vessel, and sent to Georgia after the capture of the "Peacock," where he was held as a slave until about 1857.

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Transcribed from: Narrative of Dimmock Charlton : a British subject, taken from the brig "Peacock" by the U.S. Sloop "Hornet," enslaved while a prisoner of war, and retained forty-five years in bondage. [Philadelphia : the editors, 1859] 15 p. ; 18 cm.

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