Leonard Black (March 8, 1820 – April 28, 1883) was born a slave in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and was separated from his family by the age of six. He escaped after 20 years of slavery. In 1847 he wrote The Life and Sufferings of Leonard Black: A Fugitive from Slavery. With encouragement and support, he became a Baptist minister, preaching in Boston, Providence, and Nantucket before becoming minister of First Baptist Church in Petersburg, Virginia. (From Wikipedia)
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The Life and Sufferings of Leonard Black, a Fugitive from Slavery, Written by Himself (New Bedford, MA: Press of B. Lindsey, 1847), by Leonard Black (HTML and TEI at UNC)
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The life and sufferings of Leonard Black, a fugitive from slavery. (Press of Benjamin Lindsey, 1847), by Leonard Black and Benjamin Lindsey (page images at HathiTrust)
Books by Leonard Black:
- Black, Leonard: The Life and Sufferings of Leonard Black, a Fugitive from Slavery, Written by Himself (New Bedford, MA: Press of B. Lindsey, 1847) (HTML and TEI at UNC)
Additional books by Leonard Black in the extended shelves:
- Black, Leonard: The life and sufferings of Leonard Black, a fugitive from slavery. (Press of Benjamin Lindsey, 1847), also by Benjamin Lindsey (page images at HathiTrust)
- Black, Leonard: The Life and Sufferings of Leonard Black, a Fugitive from Slavery (Gutenberg ebook)
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