The sorrows of Yamba: or, The Negro woman's lamentation.

ID 18729
Title The sorrows of Yamba: or, The Negro woman's lamentation.
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Signed Author [Anonymous]
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Volumes 1
Pagination 8
Date of Publication 1817
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Imprint Published by the Philadelphia Female Tract Society. And for sale at their depository, no. 20, Walnut Street.
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Location of Printing Philadelphia US
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Length (cm) 15
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Notes AAS Notes:
Caption title. At head of title: (No. 24.)
By Hannah More.
"24. The sorrows of Yamba, 6,000 [copies published]"--The second annual report of the Philadelphia Female Tract Society (1817), p. 9.
Although other editions are listed by Welch "for completeness," not generally regarded as a children's book.
"Printed by Lydia R. Bailey, no. 10, North Alley, Philad."--colophon.
"Select proverbs."--p. 8.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Welch, D.A. Bibliography of American children's books printed prior to 1821,
Nipps, K. Lydia Bailey,
Catalogued
American Antiquarian Society copy in a bound volume containing the Society's first and second annual reports and tracts 2-31. The volume has owner's label of Ellen M. Bailey.
Hand-Verified No
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Attempted Verification No

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More, Hannah. The sorrows of Yamba: or, The Negro woman's lamentation.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 18729, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/18729. Accessed 2025-11-06.

More, Hannah. The sorrows of Yamba: or, The Negro woman's lamentation. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Female Tract Society [Walnut Street], 1817.

More , H. (1817). The sorrows of yamba: or, the negro woman's lamentation. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Female Tract Society [Walnut Street]

More, Hannah. The sorrows of Yamba: or, The Negro woman's lamentation. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Female Tract Society [Walnut Street], 1817. 

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