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J.E. Farwell & Co. [Broadside advertising The life and personal adventures of Uncle Tom, for 40 years a slave! Also, The surprising adventures of wild Tom...]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.013.08 Author/Creator: J.E. Farwell & Co. Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Broadside Date: circa 1858 Pagination: 1 p. ; 30 x 22 cm. Order a Copy

Autobiography of Uncle Tom Jones, aka Thomas H. Jones, with an additional biography of Wild Tom, a fugitive slave from South Carolina, included. Published in 1854 and 1858, this edition is offered by Boston's J.E. Farewell & Co., who boast of its veracity. They also claim that buying a copy serves the cause of humanity and affords relief to Uncle Tom Jones.

The Library of Congress record of this book suggests that this advertisement is for the 1858 edition, which was published under a slightly different title than the 1854 edition.

J.E. Farwell & Co., (Boston, Mass.)
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
Jones, Thomas H., 1806-?

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