Fifty years in chains : life of an American slave : fascinating true story of a fugitive slave who lived in Maryland, South Carolina and Georgia, served under various masters, and was one year in the navy during the War of 1812 / Charles Ball.
Title:
Fifty years in chains : life of an American slave : fascinating true story of a fugitive slave who lived in Maryland, South Carolina and Georgia, served under various masters, and was one year in the navy during the War of 1812 / Charles Ball.
Author:
Ball, Charles, 1781?-
ISBN:
9788027334087
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Publication Date:
2019
1858
Publication Info:
[Frankfurt am Main] :
Madison & Adams Press,
2019.
Physical Description:
140 pages ; 23 cm
General Note:
Abridged version of Ball's 1836 work, Slavery in the United States.
Reprint. Originally published as: Fifty years in chains, or, The life of an American slave. New-York : H. Dayton, 1858.
Summary:
"Autobiography of a fugitive slave, Charles Ball, where he describes his life as a slave under various masters and his service in the Chesapeake Bay Flotilla of the U.S. Navy under the command of Commodore Joshua Barney in the War of 1812"--Page [4] of cover.
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Added Title:
Fifty years in chains, or, The life of an American slave.
