Obi; or the History of Three-Fingered Jack. In a series of letters from a resident in Jamaica to a friend in England.
Title
Obi; or the History of Three-Fingered Jack. In a series of letters from a resident in Jamaica to a friend in England.
Creator
Earle, William (Narrator)
Publisher
Second Edition - Worcester, MA : Printed by Isaiah Thomas, Jun. Sold by him, and by Thomas & Whipple, Newburyport, 1804
Language
English
Abstract/Description
William Earle's Obi is a sentimental and episodic interpretation of one of Jamaica's folk heroes: Jack Mansong, a runaway slave and Maroon leader. Following the first London edition of Earle's novel, Obi was also published in 1804 by Isaiah Thomas, Jr. in Worcester, Massachusetts. Outside of these two editions, excerpts from Earle's novel were also included in several pamphlets and chapbooks, anonymously published in London in 1829.
Subjects and keywords
Narratives
Obeah Narratives
Epistolary Novels
Mansong, Jack
Mansong, Amri
Makro, Mansong
Jamaica
Blue Mountains, Jamaica
West Africa
Obeah Narratives
Epistolary Novels
Mansong, Jack
Mansong, Amri
Makro, Mansong
Jamaica
Blue Mountains, Jamaica
West Africa
Permanent URL
Date created
1800
Copyright date
1804
Use and reproduction
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Citation
Earle, William. Obi: Or, The History of Threefingered Jack. In a Series of Letters From a Resident In Jamaica to His Friend In England. Worcester, MA: Printed by I Thomas, jr., 1804