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 Info | Philadelphia : Printed for the author, 1805. |
| Description | liii, 2 unnumbered pages, 56-122 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 16 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early 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 note | Text probably intended for older children and young adults. |
| General note | Frontispiece signed: Barralet del. Edwin sc. |
| General note | Wood-engraving, p. [xlii], signed: James Poupard, sculp. |
| General note | Error in paging: p. 81 misnumbered 91. |
| References | Shaw & Shoemaker 8077 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic 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/form | Poems 1805. |
| Genre/form | Juvenile literature 1805. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |