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Grand Bobalition of Slavery
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Other titles:
- Order of de Presidum of de day, to de Shief Marshall (First line:)
- De sun had gone down o'er de Hill of Wess Bosson (First line of text:)
Publication/Creation:
- Boston: s.n., 1819?
Creators and Contributors:
- African Society (Boston, Mass.) (creator)
Description:
- Physical Description:
- 1 broadside : ill. ; 48 x 28 cm.
- Contents:
- Phillis de Rose of de Hill. (First line: De sun had gone down o'er de Hill of Wess Bosson)
- General notes:
- Printed area measures: 42.2 x 24.2 cm.
- Printed in three columns divided by type ornaments; between title and text, wood-engraving of a company of Afro-American militia.
- Satire in dialect printed supposedly under the auspices of the African Society of Boston for the annual African celebration.
- Mention, among others, of Monroe, Napoleon, and Massachusetts' Governor Brooks determined imprint date approximation.
- Not in Shaw & Shoemaker, Shoemaker, or Ford.
Subject Headings:
- n-us-m
- Phillis
- African Society (Boston, Mass.)
- African Americans -- Massachusetts -- Boston
- African Americans -- Societies, etc.
- Antislavery movements -- United States
- English language -- Dialects -- United States
- Festivals -- Massachusetts -- Boston
- Boston (Mass.) -- In literature
- United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Genre(s)
- Broadsides
- Satires