- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Slavery and Abolitionism Pamphlet
- Creator:
- Harrison Berry
- Publisher:
- Berry, Harrison. Slavery and Abolitionism as Viewed by a Georgia Slave. Atlanta: Franklin Printing House, Wood, Hanleiter, Rice and co., 1861.
- Date of Original:
- 1861
- Subject:
- Books--Georgia
Slaves--Georgia
African American authors--Georgia
Slave narratives--Georgia
Slaves' writings--Georgia
African American abolitionists--Georgia
Slavery--United States--History
Slaves--Georgia--Social conditions--19th century
Pamphlets--Georgia - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- covers (gathered matter components)
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Harrison Berry's principal antebellum publication was a forty-six-page pamphlet entitled Slavery and Abolitionism as Viewed by a Georgia Slave, published in Atlanta in 1861.
Image of the cover of Harrison Berry's book Slavery and Abolitionism as Viewed by a Georgia Slave, published in Atlanta, Georgia in 1861. This forty-six-page pamphlet was Berry's principal antebellum publication.
Berry, a literate slave artisan from middle Georgia, was the only black Georgian known to have written publicly about slavery while still in bondage. Born in 1816 on the Jones County plantation of David Berry, Harrison received reading instruction from his master's children and was, in his own judgment, reared "under auspicious circumstances." Nonetheless, in many respects his life as a slave was fairly typical: despite his literacy, he worked as a field hand and a craftsman, and he had three different owners before emancipation. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/harrison-berry-1816-ca-1882/m-2284/
- Rights Holder:
- From Slavery and Abolitionism as Viewed by a Georgia Slave, by H. Berry
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/harrison-berry-1816-ca-1882
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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