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Author:

Caron, Denis R.

Title:

A century in captivity : the life and trials of Prince Mortimer, a Connecticut slave / Denis R. Caron.

Publisher:

Published by University Press of New England,
Published by University Press of New England,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xvi, 188 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Mortimer, Prince,--d. 1834.
Mortimer, Prince,--d. 1834--Trials, litigation, etc.
Newgate Prison (East Granby, Conn.)
Slaves--Connecticut--Biography.
African Americans--Connecticut--Biography.
Trials (Murder)--Connecticut.
Prisoners--Connecticut--Biography.
African Americans--History.--Connecticut--History.
Prisoners--Connecticut--Social conditions.
Prisons--Connecticut--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The Trial -- The Early Years -- The Will to Be Free -- The Codicils -- Probate -- The Appeal -- The Conviction Revisited -- To Newgate -- Early Newgate -- Mortimer, Prince -- Freedom Delayed -- The Counterfeiter -- The Bible Peddler -- Three and a Half Feet -- Moses and Amos -- Old Soldiers -- Acidum Arseniosum.

Series:

Revisiting New England

ISBN:

9781584655404
9781584655398
9781584655404 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1584655402 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781584655398 (cloth : alk. paper)
1584655399 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61687627

LCCN:

2005025766

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)