Fifty Years in Chains Or, the Life of an American Slave by Charles Ball

Fifty Years in Chains Or, the Life of an American Slave

Charles Ball

436 pages first pub 1859 (editions)

nonfiction classics history memoir challenging dark medium-paced
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Charles Ball provides gripping details of southern slavery before the Civil War. He tells how he was treated by planters and slaveholders; the conditions and treatment of other slaves; the perils and suffering of fugitive slaves. This inspiring st...

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