The life of John Thompson, a fugitive slave : containing his history of 25 years in bondage, and his providential escape /

The life of John Thompson, a fugitive slave : containing his history of 25 years in bondage, and his providential escape /

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"Thompson, born on a Maryland plantation in 1812, escaped to Pennsylvania but fell into a harried itinerant pattern. The passage of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act put him in danger even in free states ; after six months of work arranged by a Quaker, he and his companion were forced to leave by the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Thompson, John, 1812-1860 (Author)
Other Authors: Hamilton, Charles, 1828-1896 (Printer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Worcester [Massachusetts] : John Thompson, 1856.
Subjects:
Thompson, John, > 1812-1860.
Thompson, John, > 1812-1860
1800-1899
Fugitive slaves > United States > Biography.
Enslaved persons > Maryland > Biography.
African Americans > Biography.
Slavery > Maryland > History > 19th century.
Esclaves fugitifs > États-Unis > Biographies.
Noirs américains > Biographies.
African Americans
Fugitive slaves
Slavery
Enslaved persons
Worcester (Mass.) > Biography.
Maryland
Massachusetts > Worcester
United States
Slave narratives
Biographies
History
Slave narratives.
Publishers' cloth bindings > 19th century.
Slave narratives > Maryland > 19th century.
Récits d'esclaves.

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Call Number: E444.T47 1856

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