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Fifty Years in Chains; or The Life of an American Slave

by Charles Ball

This is the story of Charles Ball, an American slave who was born in 1780 and remained a slave for fifty years thereafter. Ball told his story to a lawyer who turned it into this written work.

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Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1837

Authors

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Charles Ball

United States

Charles Ball real name Charles Gross was an enslaved African-American from Maryland, best known for his account as a fugitive slave, Slavery in the United States (1836). The main source for Ball's lif...

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