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Additional authors

1. Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931
2. Hill, M. C. L.
3. Recorder Print (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer.

Description

1. [2], 136 pages; 21 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Alternative title

1. Hanover
2. Persecution of the lowly

Subject

1. Wilmington Race Riot, Wilmington, N.C., 1898 > Fiction
2. African Americans > North Carolina > Wilmington > Fiction
3. Racism > North Carolina > Wilmington > History > Fiction
4. Riots > North Carolina > Wilmington > Fiction
5. White supremacy movements > North Carolina > Wilmington > Fiction
6. Wilmington (N.C.) > Race relations > Fiction
7. Wilmington (N.C.) > History > Fiction

Genre/Form

1. Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance)
2. Inscriptions (Provenance)

Contents

1. Prologue -- Introduction -- The editor -- The colonel -- The meeting in the wigwam -- Mrs. Amanda Pervis -- Molly Pierrepont -- The Union Aid Society holds a meeting -- Molly's atonement -- Dr. Jose -- George Howe -- Judas Iscariot -- Uncle Guy -- The Massacre -- Mrs. Adelaide Peterson's narrative -- The flight of Reverend Selkirk -- Captain Nicholas McDuffy -- At Mrs. McLane's -- The Colonel's Repentance -- Teck Pervis, the leader -- Rev. Jonas Melvin, resigns -- Bill Sikes -- A ship sails -- Bill Sikes in New York -- Molly's final step.

Call number

1. Sc Fic (Thorne, J. Hanover)

Note

1. With a cover title.
2. Preliminary [2] pages, first count, are blank.
3. "Respectfully dedicated to the eminent heroine Ida B. Wells Barnett."--page [2], second count.
4. Place of publication and publication date from listing in: The American stationer, vol. 50, no. 4 (July 27, 1901); "Books just out", page 37.
5. "Recorder Print, 631 Pine St."--printer statement, recto of upper wrapper.

Provenance (note)

1. inscribed: in ink on verso of first free endleaf "Mr. Arthur A. Schomburg: This little volume Hanover is the outpouring of a heart full of love for the people of my race. In it I have attempted to relate to the injustice done them in the year '98 at Wil. N.C. This is the work of one who was reared in Wil. and therefore knows the worth of the victims of mob's fury. Yours sincerely, Jack Thorne. D.B. Fulton." ; Inscribed: in ink on recto of first free endleaf "This copy was obtained thru the kindness of Dr. R.R. Wright Jr. of Pa. Schomburg. June 24/ 1917." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Author

1. Thorne, Jack, 1863?-1941, author.

Title

1. Hanover, or, The persecution of the lowly : a story of the Wilmington massacre / by Jack Thorne.

Publisher

1. [Brooklyn, N.Y.] : Published by M.C.L. Hill, [1901]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Provenance

1. Copy in Sc Fic (Thorne, J. Hanover) (accession no. B767498) inscribed: in ink on verso of first free endleaf "Mr. Arthur A. Schomburg: This little volume Hanover is the outpouring of a heart full of love for the people of my race. In it I have attempted to relate to the injustice done them in the year '98 at Wil. N.C. This is the work of one who was reared in Wil. and therefore knows the worth of the victims of mob's fury. Yours sincerely, Jack Thorne. D.B. Fulton." ; Inscribed: in ink on recto of first free endleaf "This copy was obtained thru the kindness of Dr. R.R. Wright Jr. of Pa. Schomburg. June 24/ 1917." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Added author

1. Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931, dedicatee.
2. Hill, M. C. L., publisher.
3. Recorder Print (Philadelphia, Pa.), printer.
4. Thorne, Jack, 1863?-1941, inscriber.
5. Wright, Richard R. (Richard Robert), 1878-1967, former owner.
6. Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner, inscriber.

Research call number

1. Sc Fic (Thorne, J. Hanover)