A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: March 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780806127170
Subjects: Biography: political; Indigenous peoples; Literary studies: 19th century; Other prose: 19th century; People of Color; Historical - U.S.; Native Americans - Northeast; Seneca Indians; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; USA; History; United States - State & Local - General; Women; Pioneers; 1743-1833; Biography; Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.); Indian captivities; Jemison, Mary,
First sentence: ALTHOUGH I may have frequently heard the history of my ancestry, my recollection is too imperfect to enable me to trace it further back than to my father and mother, whom I have often heard mention the families from whence they originated, as having possessed wealth and honorable stations under the government of the country in which they resided.