Bibliograph

The odyssey of an African slave, by Sitiki ; edited by Patricia C. Griffin

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Label

The odyssey of an African slave, by Sitiki ; edited by Patricia C. Griffin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliography, pages 197-202 and index

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The odyssey of an African slave

Oclc number

904861782

Responsibility statement

by Sitiki ; edited by Patricia C. Griffin

Summary

"Discovered as a hand-written document in the Buckingham Smith Collection at the New York Historical Society, this riveting autobiography traces the life of Sitiki, whose name was changed to Jack Smith after his enslavement in America"--Page 4 of cover

Table Of Contents

Section I. The product of a long association. The narrative ; Slave and master -- Section II. Life in Africa. Life before captivity ; Capture and enslavement ; House slave in a British settlement -- Section III. The Middle Passage to Charleston. "Like a son" -- Section IV. In the family of Josiah Smith. Savannah, then north to Connecticut ; Back south and captured again ; Working with the Smith estate ; A slave's view of Spanish St. Augustine -- Section V. On becoming a freedman. As Methodist minister in St. Augustine ; Jack's attitude toward his enslaved status ; Epilogue -- Appendixes. Chronology ; Condition of the manuscript ; Analysis of Sitiki's language ; Buckingham Smith's last will and testament ; Jack Smith's obituary

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