A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince, As related by Himself
Title
A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince, As related by Himself
Creator
Description
Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, alias James Albert, was a formerly enslaved man who wrote and published his autobiography in England in 1772. In his autobiography, he describes how he was captured in Africa, brought to the Caribbean and then to New York, and sold as a slave to Reverend Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen. Gronniosaw provides a detailed account of his life as an enslaved man in Frelinghuysen's household in the Raritan Valley.
Pictured here is the title page of the second edition.
The full text of Gronniosaw's autobiography has been transcribed and made available digitally through Documenting the American South (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). A complete scan of the second edition is accessible through HathiTrust.
Pictured here is the title page of the second edition.
The full text of Gronniosaw's autobiography has been transcribed and made available digitally through Documenting the American South (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). A complete scan of the second edition is accessible through HathiTrust.
Date
1772
Language
English
Publisher
Printed by W. Gye in Westgate-Street, and sold by T. Mills, Bookseller, in King's-Mead Square
Relation
Identifier
BOOK-Gronniosaw
Place of publication
Original format
Book
Library catalog record (external link)
Collection
Citation
Gronniosaw, James Albert Ukawsaw, “A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince, As related by Himself,” Scarlet and Black Digital Archive, Rutgers University, accessed June 5, 2023, https://scarletandblack.rutgers.edu/archive/items/show/176.