A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince, As Related by Himself
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- Identifier
- NJS-SRC-00648
- Type
- Life History or Narrative
- Place of Publication
- Bath, England
- Date of Publication
- 1772
- Bibliographic Citation
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Gronniosaw, James Albert Ukawsaw. A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince, As Related by Himself. Bath, Somerset, England: Printed by W. Gye in Westgate-Street, and sold by T. Mills, Bookseller, in King’s-Mead Square, 1772.
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Documenting the American South, North American Slave Narratives Collection. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/index.html
- Description
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Autobiographical book by Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, alias James Albert. The autobiography is widely recognized as the first book published by an author of African descent in Britain. In his narrative, Gronniosaw recounted his time as an enslaved man in New Jersey, providing a rare glimpse of what life was like for enslaved people on the Raritan in the middle of the 18th century.
Rutgers researchers who created records about Gronniosaw in the New Jersey Slavery Records database relied on the full-text digital edition created as part of the North American Slave Narratives collection, published by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. - Language
- English
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
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