Record Number: 6614

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'That would be in the year 1852, when I was fifteen. About the same time I read "The White Slave" and the autobiography of Frederick Douglass. Thus began a keen, lasting interest in the anti-slavery agitation.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1852 and 31 Dec 1852

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Durham?
county: Durham or Northumberland

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Thomas Burt

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

12 Nov 1837

Socio-Economic Group:

Labourer (non-agricultural)

Occupation:

Pitman, later MP

Religion:

Methodist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Richard Hildreth

Title:

The white slave, or memoirs of a fugitive

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6614

Source:

Print

Author:

Thomas Burt

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Thomas Burt, M. P., D. C. L., pitman & privy councillor : an autobiography

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1924

Vol:

n/a

Page:

116

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas Burt, Thomas Burt, M. P., D. C. L., pitman & privy councillor : an autobiography, (London, 1924), p. 116, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6614, accessed: 11 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None