Fifty years in chains, or, The life of an American slave /
Fifty Years in Chains: Or, the Life of an American Slave (1859) was an abridged and unauthorized reprint of the earlier Slavery in the United States (1836). In the narratives, Ball describes his experiences as a slave, including the uncertainty of slave life and the ways in which the slaves are forc...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
2012
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Fifty Years in Chains: Or, the Life of an American Slave (1859) was an abridged and unauthorized reprint of the earlier Slavery in the United States (1836). In the narratives, Ball describes his experiences as a slave, including the uncertainty of slave life and the ways in which the slaves are forced to suffer inhumane conditions. He recounts the qualities of his various masters and the ways in which his fortune depended on their temperament. As slave narrative scholar William L. Andrews has noted, Ball's oft-repeated narrative directly influenced the manner and matter of later fugitive slave. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (239 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781469607856 1469607859 9781469607849 1469607840 9781469607863 1469607867 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
