Statement of responsibility: By W.H. Coston, B.D., Chatham, Ont.
Content: "Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1888, by W.H. Coston, in the Office of the Librarian, at Washington, D.C., U.S.A."--copyright statement, verso of title page.
Content: "To those young men and women of the present generation whose integrity of character, fidelity to right and devotion to benign service presage, the noble character of the Colored American of future generations, this edition of this little volume is humbly dedicated."--Dedication.
Content: Preface dated: Chatham, Province of Ontario, March 6th, 1890.
Ownership: Copy in Sc Rare 323.173-C (accession no. B885328) inscribed on page [1] of wrapper: in ink "A Freeman and a Slave by W.H. Coston B.D. --- Chatham Ont. --- A. Schomburg." This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
