Drayton, Daniel, 1802-? Personal memoir of Daniel Drayton, for four years and fours months a prisoner (for charity's sake) in Washington jail...
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05873 Author/Creator: Drayton, Daniel, 1802-? Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Book Date: 1855 Pagination: 1 v. : 122 p. ; 19.4 x 12.3 cm. Order a Copy
(title continues)... Including a narrative of the voyage and capture of the Schooner Pearl. Published by Bela Marsh. Includes a frontispiece printed portrait of Drayton. Of his attempt to assist a mass slave escape, Drayton writes, "The opportunity occurring, I did not hesitate to improve it; nor have I ever yet seen occasion to regret having done so."
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