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    A Narrative of the Life and Labors of the Rev. G. W. Offley G. W. Offley 1859 Context of Use: Black Music in Non-Blac… | Context of Use: Lectures and Retreats | Denomination: Methodist | Geography: Chesapeake Bay | Geography: Northern Publishing Centers | Population: Black American

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    Narrative of the life and labors of the Rev. G. W. Offley, a colored man, local preacher and missionary, A ; who lived twenty-seven years at the South and twenty-three at the North; who never went to school a day in his life, and only commenced to learn his letters when nineteen years and eight months old; the emancipation of his mother and her thee children; how he learned to read while living in a slave state, and supported himself from the time he was nine years old until he was twenty-one 24 pages complete

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    Offley, G. W. (Greensbury Washington), 1808-1896

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    44621529 A NARRATIVE | OF THE | LIFE AND LABORS | OF THE | REV. G. W. OFFLEY, | A COLORED MAN, | Local Preacher and Missionary, | WHO LIVED TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS AT THE SOUTH AND TWENTY-THREE | AT THE NORTH; WHO NEVER WENT TO SCHOOL A DAY IN HIS LIFE, | AND ONLY COMMENCED TO LEARN HIS LETTERS WHEN NINETEEN YEARS AND EIGHT MONTHS OLD; THE EMANCIPATION OF | HIS MOTHER AND HER THREE CHILDREN; HOW HE | LEARNED TO READ WHILE LIVING IN A SLAVE | STATE, AND SUPPORTED HIMSELF FROM THE | TIME HE WAS NINE YEARS OLD | UNTIL HE WAS TWENTY-ONE. | HARTFORD, CONN., 1859.

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    Hartford, Connecticut

    Hartford, Connecticut

    Offley, G. W. (Greensbury Washington), 1808-1896
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