02834nam 2200649Ia 450 991046224830332120200520144314.01-4696-0786-71-4696-0785-9(CKB)2670000000278230(EBL)1068841(OCoLC)818846388(SSID)ssj0000798627(PQKBManifestationID)11429287(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000798627(PQKBWorkID)10743719(PQKB)10504903(StDuBDS)EDZ0000243932(MiAaPQ)EBC1068841(MdBmJHUP)muse23329(Au-PeEL)EBL1068841(CaPaEBR)ebr10621329(CaONFJC)MIL932035(EXLCZ)99267000000027823020121203d2012 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrFifty years in chains[electronic resource] or, The life of an American slave /by Charles BallChapel Hill University of North Carolina Press20121 online resource (239 p.)"DocSouth books edition"1-4696-0784-0 About This Edition; Summary; PREFACE.; FIFTY YEARS IN CHAINS; or, THE LIFE OF AN AMERICAN SLAVE.; CHAPTER I.; SEPARATED FROM MY MOTHER.; CHAPTER II; CHAPTER III.; CHAPTER IV.; CHAPTER V.; CHAPTER VI.; CHAPTER VII.; CHAPTER VIII.; CHAPTER IX.; CHAPTER X.; CHAPTER XI.; CHAPTER XII.; CHAPTER XIII.; CHAPTER XIV.; CHAPTER XV.; CHAPTER XVI.; CHAPTER XVII.; CHAPTER XVIII.; CHAPTER XIX.; CHAPTER XX.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 laterSlaveryMarylandSlaverySouth CarolinaSlaveryGeorgiaElectronic books.SlaverySlaverySlavery305.5305.5/67305.5/67/092305.567092Ball Charlesb. 1781?1029248University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Documenting the American South (Project)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462248303321Fifty years in chains2445548UNINA