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Aaron, active 1843-1845

LC control no.n 88225991
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingAaron, active 1843-1845
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Variant(s)Aaron
Beginning date1843
Ending date1845
Associated placeMassachusetts
Field of activitySupplicant texts
Self-publishing
Profession or occupationPeddlers
Special noteNot the same as: Aaron (Enslaved person in North Carolina), no2021036885
Found inThe light and the truth of slavery, 1845: title page (Aaron; published in Springfield [Mass.]) page 3 (formerly enslaved) page 6 (born in the South) page 18 (lived in Ohio for five years before having to escape to avoid being returned to slavery)
Against a Sharp White Background, 2016: page 277 (the formerly enslaved man Aaron first had his self-published his manuscript, The light and the truth of slavery, in Worcester, Mass. in 1843; included text about his travels; his encounters with the people who helped him (or refused to) along the way, and clippings from previously-published slave narratives, poems, hymns, Bible verses, and government documents; financed his career as a peddler) page 281 (published in at least six editions, 1843-1845) page 289 (mentions stops in Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia)
Associated languageeng
Invalid LCCNn 90638248