The Memoir of James Jackson, the Attentive and Obedient Scholar, Who Died in Boston, October 31, 1833, Aged Six Years and Eleven Months

by Susan Paul

Book Overview

"The design of this Memoir is, to present the incidents in the life of a little colored boy." So begins the life story of James Jackson, as set down by his African American teacher, Susan Paul , in 1835, as an example to other children and adults who might learn from the boy's goodness. This remarkable document--the first African American biography and a work that predates Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by almost thirty years--is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674002377
• ISBN13: 9780674002371
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.7"