A Short history of the African Union Meeting and School-House, erected in Providence (R.I.) in the years 1819, '20, '21 [microform] : with rules for its future government : published by particular request.

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A Short history of the African Union Meeting and School-House, erected in Providence (R.I.) in the years 1819, '20, '21 [microform] : with rules for its future government : published by particular request.
Names
Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 (Author)
Banneker, Benjamin, 1731-1806 (Author)
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 (Author)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1821
Place: Providence
Publisher: Printed by Brown & Danforth
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc Micro R-6560 no. 6
Topics
African Americans -- Education
Genres
Pamphlets
Notes
Citation/reference: *ZZ-25912
Content: Deed of the lot given by Moses Brown for the use of African-Americans on p. 24-27.
Content: Pages 17-20 contain an exchange of letters between Benjamin Banneker and Thomas Jefferson.
Physical Description
Microforms
Extent: 32 p. ; 24 cm.
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11272641
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): df8a9b00-003d-0130-488c-58d385a7bc34
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  • 1738: Creator Born
  • 1821: Issued
  • 1836: Creator Died
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "A Short history of the African Union Meeting and School-House, erected in Providence (R.I.) in the years 1819, '20, '21 [microform] : with rules for its future government : published by particular request." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1821. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/92fa68bb-b5da-410b-e040-e00a18062bec

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "A Short history of the African Union Meeting and School-House, erected in Providence (R.I.) in the years 1819, '20, '21 [microform] : with rules for its future government : published by particular request." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 15, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/92fa68bb-b5da-410b-e040-e00a18062bec

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1821). A Short history of the African Union Meeting and School-House, erected in Providence (R.I.) in the years 1819, '20, '21 [microform] : with rules for its future government : published by particular request. Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/92fa68bb-b5da-410b-e040-e00a18062bec

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A Short history of the African Union Meeting and School-House, erected in Providence (R.I.) in the years 1819, '20, '21 [microform] : with rules for its future government : published by particular request.