Feb 25, 2010 - Sale 2204

Sale 2204 - Lot 75

Price Realized: $ 2,160
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(SLAVERY AND ABOLITION.) GRONIOWSAW, ALBERT UKAWSAW. The Black Prince; Being a Narrative of the Most Remarkable Occurrences and Strange Vicissitudes in the Life and Experience of Albert Ukawsaw Groniosaw, an African Prince (drop title). 68 pages. 12mo, lacks the original wrappers; some foxing and light staining; early professional paper repair to lower portion of the title-page; early ownership signature on title-page. Salem, 1809

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scarce early american edition of the first slave narrative in the english language.Gronniosaw's autobiography was first produced in Kidderminster, England in the late 1760s. Not in Sabin, Work, Blockson or Brignano.