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Clark, Lewis Garrard (1812-1897) Narrative of the sufferings of Lewis Clarke, during a captivity of more than twenty-five years, among the Algerines of Kentucky, one of the so called Christian states of North America.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06177 Author/Creator: Clark, Lewis Garrard (1812-1897) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Pamphlet Date: 1845 Pagination: 1 v. : 108 p. ; 22.5 x 13.6 cm. Order a Copy

Printed by David H. Ela. Signed on front and rear cover by Caleb Hobart of East Maison (possibly Tennessee). Dictated by Clark. With an introduction, verifying Clark's testimony, by Joseph Cammet Lovejoy (anti-slavery figure and brother of abolitionist Elijah P. Lovejoy). Includes frontispiece engraving of Clark.

Clarke, Lewis Garrard, 1812-1897
Ela, David Hough, 1804-1846
Lovejoy, Joseph C. (Joseph Cammet), 1805-1871
Clarke, Lewis Garrard, 1812-1897

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