A narrative of the uncommon sufferings, and surprizing deliverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro man,---servant to General Winslow, of Marshfield, in New-England : who returned to Boston, after having been absent almost thirteen years. : Containing an account of the many hardships he underwent from the time he left his master's house, in the year 1747, to the time of his return to Boston. --How he was cast away in the Capes of Florida;--the horrid cruelty and inhuman barbarity of the Indians in murdering the whole ship's crew;--the manner of his being carry'd by them into captivity. Also, an account of his being confined four years and seven months in a close dungeon,--and the remarkable manner in which he met with his good old master in London; who returned to New-England, a passenger, in the same ship.

Author/creator Hammon, Briton
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBoston : Printed and sold by Green & Russell, in Queen-Street, 1760.
Description14 pages ; 18 cm
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 8611. ^A478749
General note"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].
References Evans 8611
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 8611).
Genre/formCaptivity narratives.
Other titleNarrative of the uncommon sufferings, and surprizing deliverance of Briton Hammon ...

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