(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION) Davis Noah A Narrative of the Life o

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(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) Davis, Noah. A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, a Colored Man. Frontispiece portrait. 12mo, publisher's cloth gilt, worn; dampstaining, second leaf worn with some loss of text; early owner's signatures and calculations on front endpapers. Baltimore, MD, [1859]

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Davis describes his early life of slavery in Virginia, his career as a Baptist preacher in Baltimore, and his purchase of his freedom. The stated purpose of Davis in publishing this account was "to raise sufficient means to free his last two children from slavery." Original owner Alexander Walker Wayman (1821-1895) was, like the author, an African-American clergyman in Baltimore. Sabin 18870; Work, page 311.