Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave, Brought Down to the Present Time. Written by Himself
Title
Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave, Brought Down to the Present Time. Written by Himself
Creator
Grimes, William 1784-1865
Date
1855
Description
Author: Grimes, William 1784-1865; Publication Information: New Haven: Published by the Author, 1855.
Coverage
POINT (-8118252.9440629 5066434.23129885)
Source
CP / UNC Documenting the South
Publication Information
Published by the Author
Place of publication
New Haven
Physical Description
93 p. ; 19 cm.
AAS Catalog Record
Documenting the American South Text
Notes
Republication of 1825 first edition. In 1855 Grimes had to advertise for a complete copy of the original in order to republish it as he apparently didn't have any himself. According to Susanna Ashton, Grimes received the first known copyright for a full-length book by black man - but Christopher McPherson's Christ's Millennium in 1811 was possibly earlier (unclear if copyright under his name). For more on the publication history of Grimes' narratives, see Susanna Ashton's "Slavery, Imprinted: The Life and Narrative of William Grimes" in Early African American Print Culture (2012).
Collection
Citation
Grimes, William 1784-1865, “Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave, Brought Down to the Present Time. Written by Himself,” Black Self-Publishing, accessed July 6, 2024, https://collections.americanantiquarian.org/blackpublishing/items/show/10935.