Drayton, Daniel, 1802-? Personal memoir of Daniel Drayton, for four years and fours months a prisoner (for charity's sake) in Washington jail...

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GLC#
GLC05873
Type
Books & pamphlets
Date
1855
Author/Creator
Drayton, Daniel, 1802-?
Title
Personal memoir of Daniel Drayton, for four years and fours months a prisoner (for charity's sake) in Washington jail...
Place Written
Boston, Massachusetts
Pagination
1 v. : 122 p. : Height: 19.4 cm, Width: 12.3 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

(title continues)... Including a narrative of the voyage and capture of the Schooner Pearl. Published by Bela Marsh. Includes a frontispiece printed portrait of Drayton. Of his attempt to assist a mass slave escape, Drayton writes, "The opportunity occurring, I did not hesitate to improve it; nor have I ever yet seen occasion to regret having done so."

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