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    Title

    A Narrative of the Life and Labors of the Rev. G. W. Offley

    Authors

    G. W. Offley

    Publication Date

    1859

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    Language(s)

    • English

    Publisher

    Hartford, CT :
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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

    Pagination

    24 pages

    Condition

    complete

    Notation

    Text only

    Instrumentation

    no notated music

    Content

    Sacred

    Still in Use

    No

    Subject

    • Alcoholism
    • Hymns, English
    • Autobiographies
    • Maryland--Centreville
    • Delaware--Saint Georges
    • Theology, Doctrinal
    • Literacy
    • Methodist Episcopal Church
    • Suffrage
    • Endorsements in advertising
    • Bookbinding--Paper bindings
    • Economics
    • Boxing
    • Dueling
    • Revivals
    • Infanticide
    • Slavery
    • Wright, Robert, 1752-1826
    • Pamphlets
    • Sunday legislation
    • Public officers
    • Wrestling

    Archive

    William L. Clements Library

    Creator

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

    Creator URI

    http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96011913

    Place of Publication Getty

    United States, Connecticut, Hartford, Hartford

    Place of Publication Getty URI

    http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013695

    OCLC Number

    44621529

    Title Page Text

    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.

    Physical Description

    Text document: 24 p.

    Scoring Summary

    Nil

    Total Scoring

    nil

    Medium

    hymnal

    Digital Format

    image/tiff

    Dublin Core Type

    Text

    Item Type

    Other

    License Name

    No Copyright - United States

    Place of Publication FAST

    Connecticut--Hartford

    Place of Publication FAST URI

    http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1207441

    Country

    United States

    State

    Connecticut

    County

    Hartford, Connecticut

    Inhabited Place

    Hartford, Connecticut

    People

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

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