Book Cover of My Life in the South"

My Life in the South

by Jacob Stroyer

My Life in the South is the vivid and touching autobiography of African-American former slave, Jacob Stroyer. It recounts experiences from his early childhood on the plantation up to his involvement in Confederacy's war effort and eventually his experience of becoming a free man.

Book Details

Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1885

Authors

Jacob Stroyer image

Jacob Stroyer

United states

Stroyer was born on the Kensington Plantation in Eastover, South Carolina in 1849. In the first edition of My Life in the South (1879), Stroyer said he was born in 1846. But in the fourth edition (189...

Books by Jacob Stroyer

Listen/Download Audiobook

Read by:
00:00
Playback Speed 1.0
00:00
  • Select Speed

Related books

Castle Rackrent Cover image

Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth

In the heart of Ireland, amidst rolling hills and ancient customs, stands Castle Rackrent, a grand estate teetering on the brink of ruin. Thady Quirk...

A Small Boy and Others  Cover image

A Small Boy and Others by Henry James

A Small Boy and Others is a book of autobiography by Henry James published in 1913. The book covers James's earliest years and discusses his intellect...

Captain Cook Cover image

Captain Cook by Walter Besant

The greatest navigator of all time. Captain Cook by Walter Besant is a biography of James Cook, the greatest navigator of all time. Cook was a Britis...

Rasputin and the Russian Revolution Cover image

Rasputin and the Russian Revolution by Catherine Radziwill

Unveiling the Enigma: Delve into the Intriguing Tale of Rasputin and the Russian Revolution with Catherine Radziwill. Step into the shadowy corridors...

Frederick Douglass A Biography Cover image

Frederick Douglass A Biography by Charles Chesnutt

In the annals of American history, few figures stand as tall and inspiring as Frederick Douglass, the escaped slave who became a leading abolitionist,...

Catharine de Bora; or, Social and Domestic Scenes in the Life of Luther Cover image

Catharine de Bora; or, Social and Domestic Scenes in the Life of Luther by John G. Morris

Catharine de Bora; or, Social and Domestic Scenes in the Life of Luther is a non-fictional historical biography that delves into the life of Catharine...

The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States Cover image

The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States by Benjamin Griffith Brawley

Noted African-American author and educator, Benjamin Brawley, presents short biographies of other African-Americans in the fields of literature and ot...

Above the French Lines Cover image

Above the French Lines by Stuart Walcott

This book is a collection of letters written by Stuart Walcott while training to be an aviator in France during World War I. Walcott's letters provide...

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Cover image

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass d...

Mémoires d'outre-tombe. Tome 1 Cover image

Mémoires d'outre-tombe. Tome 1 by François-René de Chateaubriand

Plongez dans les méandres de l'histoire extraordinaire de François-René de Chateaubriand alors qu'il vous emmène dans un voyage captivant au-delà de l...

Reviews for My Life in the South

No reviews posted or approved, yet...