Published 1989
by Oxford University Press in New York .
Written in English
Edition Notes
| Statement | with an introduction by William L. Andrews. |
| Genre | Biography. |
| Series | Schomburg library of nineteenth-century Black women writers |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | E444 .S59 1989 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | xli, iv, [328] in various pagings, [2] leaves of plates : |
| Number of Pages | 328 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL14437059M |
| ISBN 10 | 0195060830 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 21702437 |
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