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., joint ed.
Published: 1859
Place of publication: [Philadelphia?
Language: eng
Number of pages: 15
Subjects: Charlton, Dimmock, b. ca. 1801.; Hornet (Sloop).; Peacock (Brig).
Notes: Cover title.
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 reporter 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.