Narrative of the Uncommon Suffering and Surprising Deliverance of Briton Hammon

by Briton Hammon

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition of CongressW002430"To the reader, as my capacities and condition of life are very low .. I shall only relate matters of fact as they occur to my mind."--p. [3].Boston : Printed and sold by Green & Russell, in Queen-Street, 1760. 14p. ; 18cm

14 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1760

Reviews

[libremilia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating, brief manuscript within the "Native American Captivity Tale" genre that also doubles as an enslaved African narrative.

Read for ENGL 7352: The Slave Narrative as Genre

[J.M. Brister · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a different type of Native American captivity narrative because the captive was a slave. It was definitely interesting seeing this different perspective.