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139 ● (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—SLAVE NARRATIVES.) JONES, THOMAS
H. The Experience of Thomas H. Jones, who was a Slave for Forty-Three Years.
Written by a Friend, as related to him by Brother Jones. Engraved frontispiece. 48
pages. Small 8vo, original pictorial wrappers with a portrait of the author on the upper
cover; some light overall wear, small chip to the tip of the front cover; two small, early
repairs to the reverse of the front wrapper. Boston: Bazin & Chandler, 1862 [300/400]
Probable third edition, preceded by 1849 and 1854 editions. A dictated narrative, but still one
of the better accounts.Work, page 312.
140 ● (SLAVERY AND ABOLITION—SLAVE NARRATIVES.) MALLORY, COL.
W. Old Plantation Days (cover title.) 48 pages. Small 8vo, original printed and pictorial
green wrappers with a full-page image of the author; covers stained and rubbed with a split
at the spine approximately one third up from the bottom; paper evenly toned.
Hamilton, Ontario, circa 1900-1910 [700/1,000]
“SECOND EDITION,” RARE. ONLY ONE OTHER COPY OF THIS NARRATIVE IS LOCATED
BY OCLC, AND THAT BEING A THIRD EDITION IS IN THE WATERLOO, ONTARIO LIBRARY.
William Mallory was born in 1826 in North Carolina.At the age of seven, he was separated
from his parents and sold to a Frenchman fromVirginia, by the name of LeBlanc who was “a
half brother to Simon Legree, whose character has been so well portrayed by Mrs Harriet
Beecher Stowe.” Mallory remained with M. LeBlanc until the latter’s daughter was married,
when he was given to her husband, Mr. Susten Allen “a member of the White House at
Washington.”A summary of this narrative found on the “Documenting the American South”
site suggests that while portions of Mallory’s account may have been exaggerated by him, it is
still a valid and scarce narrative.
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