[Printed handbill.] The Converted Negress in a Storm.

2pp., 12mo, on single leaf. In very good condition, on lightly-aged paper. The first paragraph sets the scene: 'Some few years since a minister was preaching at Plymouth, when a request was sent to the pulpit, to this effect: - "The thanksgiving of this congregation is desired to Almighty God, by the captain, passengers, and crew of the - West Indiaman, for their merciful deliverance from shipwreck during the late awful tempest."' The 'invaluable blessing' of 'personal religion' is exemplified by 'my poor Negress, Ellen', who, during the storm announces: 'Never mind, Missee: look to Jesus Christ. He made - he rule de sea.' and 'Don't be fear, Missee; look to Jesus Christ - he de Rock: no shipwreck on dat Rock; he save to de utmost. Don't be fear, Missee; look to Jesus Christ!"' P.2 contains a 'conversation' between the 'Minister' and Ellen, the latter continuing in the same stereotypical tone. Scarce: no copies in the British Library, on COPAC or OCLC WorldCat. The latter does however list two copies of other editions of this title, both published in Dublin, the first (at Yale), without publication details, dated to 'between 1847 and 1858', and the second (James P. Boyce Centennial Library, Louisville), with the following 'S.W. Partridge & Co.?, 19--?'. COPAC lists publications by the Dublin Tract Repository between 1854 and [1869].