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  • Fifty Years in Chains; or, the Life of an American Slave

    Enriched edition.

    by Charles Ball, Nora Caldwell ...
    In "Fifty Years in Chains; or, the Life of an American Slave," Charles Ball presents a harrowing first-person narrative that intricately documents his experiences as an enslaved man in America. The book blends autobiography with historical commentary, employing a direct and unembellished literary style that evokes the raw truth of enslavement. Ball's account spans several decades, encapsulating ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Slavery in the United States (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball

    by Charles Ball, Imogen Brackenwell ...
    Slavery in the United States is a searing first-person account of bondage, forced labor, family separation, and survival in the early American republic. Written in the plain yet forceful style of antebellum slave narrative, the book combines personal testimony with social observation, exposing the economic machinery and moral violence of slavery. Its documentary realism places it beside the most ... Read more

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  • Slave Narrative Six Pack 5

    by Charles Ball, Catharine Esther Beecher, Charles W. Chesnutt ...
    “Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”― Abraham Lincoln.Recollections of life on a plantation pre-Civil War, a thrilling slave escape story, Fifty Years in Chains by Charles Ball, a famous essay on Slavery and Abolitionism, a survey of ‘Christian slavery’ and The Marrow of Tradition by Charles W. Chestnut – it’s all here and more in ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD

  • Fifty Years in Chains or, The Life of an American Slave

    by Charles Ball ...
    Charles Ball was an American slave who also served in the War of 1812. Ball wrote about his experience as a slave in the book Fifty Years in Chains or, The Life of an American Slave. This version includes a table of contents. ... Read more

    $2.98 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fifty Years in Chains or the Life of an American Slave

    by Charles Ball ...
    The story which follows is true in every particular. Responsible citizens of a neighboring State can vouch for the reality of the narrative. The language of the slave has not at all times been strictly adhered to, as a half century of bondage unfitted him for literary work. The subject of the story is still a slave by the laws of this country, and it would not be wise to reveal his name. ... Read more

    $7.28 CAD

  • Fifty Years in Chains, or The Life of an American Slave (Illustrated Edition)

    by Charles Ball ...
    In 1859, with the United States on the verge of secession and civil war, H. Dayton published Fifty Years in Chains, an incredible true story told to him by a lifelong slave in the antebellum South. The man provides an invaluable account of life on a Georgia plantation, as well as his escape from slavery, his capture, and then his second escape. Dayton explains in the preface, in an obvious ... Read more

    $4.11 CAD

  • Fifty Years in Chains-Life of an American Slave

    A Fugitive Slave Narrative of Maryland, the U.S. Navy's Chesapeake Bay Flotilla, and the War of 1812

    by Charles Ball ...
    "Fifty Years in Chains" is an autobiography of a fugitive slave,Charles Ball, where he describes his life as a slave under various masters and his service in the Chesapeake Bay Flotilla of the U.S. Navy under the command of Commodore Joshua Barney in the War of 1812. Charles Ball (1780 - unknown) was an enslaved African-American from Maryland who worked as a cook and sailor.According to his ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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" is a poignant narrative by Charles Ball, who recounts his harrowing experiences as an enslaved African American. The book provides a first-hand account of the brutal realities of slavery, detailing the inhumane treatment and the struggle for dignity faced by enslaved individuals. Ball's story is not just a personal memoir; it serves as a ... Read more

    $1.31 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Anthology. African American literature. Novels and short stories. Poetry. Non-fiction. Essays. Illustrated

    by William Wells Brown, Harriet E. Wilson, Nella Larsen, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Charles W. Chesnutt, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Frances E. W. Harper, Langston Hughes, Phillis Wheatley, Solomon Northup, Frederick Douglass, Jean Toomer, Countee Cullen, Olaudah Equiano, Mary Prince, Charles Ball, Josiah Henson, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Elizabeth Keckley, Louis Hughes, Booker T. Washington, Henry Box Brown, James Hambleton Christian, Theophilus Collins, Seth Concklin, Charles Gilbert, Samuel Green, Jamie Griffin, Harry Grimes, John Henry Hill, Jane Johnson, Matilda Mahoney, Mary Frances Melvin, Aunt Hannah Moore, Alfred S. Thornton, W. E. B. Du Bois ...
    African American literature is the body of literature produced in the United States by writers of African descent. It begins with the works of such late 18th-century writers as Phillis Wheatley. Before the high point of enslaved people narratives, African-American literature was dominated by autobiographical spiritual narratives. The genre known as slave narratives in the 19th century were ... Read more

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  • Fifty Years in Chains

    by Charles Ball ...
    Series series African American
    Charles Ball's simply stated verbal account of the shocking events in his life provides gripping details of Southern slavery before the Civil War. His recollections and observations encompass the manner in which he was treated by planters and slaveholders in Maryland, South Carolina, and Georgia; the conditions and treatment of other slaves; the state of morals among cotton planters; and the ... Read more

    $16.49 CAD

  • Fifty Years in Chains; or, the Life of an American Slave

    Enriched edition. Surviving the Cruelty: An Insider's Account of American Slavery

    by Charles Ball, Jenna Kirkland ...
    In "Fifty Years in Chains; or, the Life of an American Slave," Charles Ball provides a harrowing and vivid account of his own experiences as an enslaved African American. This memoir not only chronicles his personal suffering and resilience but also shines a light on the brutal realities of slavery in the early 19th century. Ball's prose is marked by a poignant clarity, blending straightforward ... Read more

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  • Born in Chains - Collected Slave Narratives

    First-Person Testimonies of Enslavement, Escape, Resistance, and the Fight for Freedom

    by Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, William Grimes, Solomon Northup, Sojourner Truth, Mary Prince, Zamba Zembola, Boyrereau Brinch, Olaudah Equiano, Solomon Bayley, Henry Watson, John Brown, William Craft, Ellen Craft, J. W. Loguen, John Andrew Jackson, Willie Lynch, Nat Turner, Louis Hughes, Jacob D. Green, Elizabeth Keckley, Josiah Henson, Charles Ball, Austin Steward, Henry Bibb, William Wells Brown, L. S. Thompson, James W. C. Pennington, Kate Drumgoold, Lucy A. Delaney, Moses Grandy, Leonard Black, Henry Box Brown, Phillis Wheatley, James L. Smith, Joseph Mountain, Peter Still, Annie L. Burton, Israel Campbell, Lewis Clarke, Francis Fedric, William Still, Moses Roper, Joseph Vance Lewis, Rev. Greensbury Washington Offley, John Thompson, Venture Smith, Isaac D. Williams, William Walker, Octavia Albert ...
    Born in Chains—Collected Slave Narratives assembles a capacious archive of bondage, flight, resistance, emancipation, and memory. Spanning autobiography, dictated testimony, spiritual reflection, political argument, and documentary recollection, the volume reveals the formal range of slave narrative traditions across the Atlantic world. Accounts of escape, family separation, literacy, labor, ... Read more

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