The Happy Man of Colour A True Account of a very extraordina

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The Happy Man of Colour: A True Account of a very extraordinary Negro in North American, and of an interesting conversation he had with a very respectable Gentleman from England. Complete on 8 1/2 pages, 6-5/8 x 4 inches [printed with} additional [incomplete] cautionary tales. Paper evenly toned; title page with early stitched repair. Distributed by "The Evangelical Society of Philadelphia." Printed by Thomas & William Bradford, [circa 1810]

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unrecorded. The first portion of this group of cautionary tales, the acount of the "Happy Man of Colour," tells of a slave, content with his condition. An obviously pro-slavery tract, it is all the more curious that the "happy" fellow was found on a New York "plantation."