The penitential tyrant : a juvenile poem, in two cantos. : To which is prefixed, compendious memoirs of the author. / By Thomas Branagan, author of "Preliminary essay on slavery," "Avenia," &c. Late slave-holder from Africa, and planter from Antigua; who, from conscientious motives, relinquished a lucrative situation he held in that island; and now publishes to the world the tragical scenes he daily witnessed, and the infinite goodness of the Almighty in giving him fortitude to forsake and iniquitious employ. ; [Two lines of verse].

Author/creator Branagan, Thomas
Other author Barralet, John James, approximately 1747-1815 illustrator.
Other author Edwin, David, 1776-1841, engraver.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Printed for the author, 1805.
Descriptionliii, 2 unnumbered pages, 56-122 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 16 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 8077. ^A575643
Contents Introduction -- Compendius memoirs, &c. -- A short account of poor Joseph -- The penitential tyrant; a juvenile poem, in three cantos -- Appendix. Messiah: a sacred ecologue, in imitation of Virgil's Pollio.
General noteText probably intended for older children and young adults.
General noteFrontispiece signed: Barralet del. Edwin sc.
General noteWood-engraving, p. [xlii], signed: James Poupard, sculp.
General noteError in paging: p. 81 misnumbered 91.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 8077
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., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 8077).
Genre/formPoems 1805.
Genre/formJuvenile literature 1805.

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