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Slavery in the United States: a narrative of the life and adventures of Charles Ball, a black man, who lived forty years in Maryland, South Carolina and Georgia, as a slave, under various masters, and was one year in the navy with Commodore Barney, during the late war. Containing an account of the manners and usages of the planters and slaveholders of the South, a description of the condition and treatment of the slaves, with observations upon the state of morals amongst the cotton planters, and the perils and sufferings of a fugitive slave, who twice escaped from the cotton country
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Slavery in the United States: [electronic resource] : a narrative of the life and adventures of Charles Ball, a black man, who lived forty years in Maryland, South Carolina and Georgia, as a slave, under various masters, and was one year in the navy with Commodore Barney, during the late war. Containing an account of the manners and usages of the planters and slaveholders of the South, a description of the condition and treatment of the slaves, with observations upon the state of morals amongst the cotton planters, and the perils and sufferings of a fugitive slave, who twice escaped from the cotton country.
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Lewistown, Pa. : Printed and published by John W. Shugert., 1836.
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1 online resource (400 p.) ; 18 cm.
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Running title: Narrative of the adventures of Charles Ball.
Spine title: Ball's Narrative.
Prepared by Mr. Fisher from Ball's verbal narrative. Cf. Introduction to New York edition of 1837.
Later editions have title: Fifty years in chains; or, The life of an American slave.
Copyright 1836 by John W. Shugert.
"Errata."--verso of title page.
Electronic text and image data. Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2014. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (The American Slavery Collection, 1820-1922: From the American Antiquarian Society ; no. 614).
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American slavery collection, 1820-1922.
Narrative of the adventures of Charles Ball.
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Books / Online
Language
English
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March 22, 2019
References
Checklist of American imprints, 35880
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Stained leather (Binding)
Slave narratives.
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United States Pennsylvania Lewistown.
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