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 narratives.
A DOCSOUTH BOOK. This collaboration between UNC Press and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library brings classic works from the digital library of Documenting the American South back into print. Doc South Books uses the latest digital technologies to make these works available in paperback and e-book formats. Each book contains a short summary and is otherwise unaltered from the original publication. Doc South Books provide affordable and easily accessible editions to a new generation of scholars, students, and general readers.
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 narratives.
A DOCSOUTH BOOK. This collaboration between UNC Press and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library brings classic works from the digital library of Documenting the American South back into print. Doc South Books uses the latest digital technologies to make these works available in paperback and e-book formats. Each book contains a short summary and is otherwise unaltered from the original publication. Doc South Books provide affordable and easily accessible editions to a new generation of scholars, students, and general readers.
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About the author
Charles Ball was born on a tobacco plantation in Calvert County, Maryland, in 1781 and escaped from slavery in 1809.
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 240 ● ISBN 9781469607856 ● File size 2.4 MB ● Publisher University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library ● City Chapel Hill ● Country US ● Published 2012 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5516061 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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