LEADER 02854nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910820202703321 005 20240313073057.0 010 $a1-4696-0786-7 010 $a1-4696-0785-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000278230 035 $a(EBL)1068841 035 $a(OCoLC)818846388 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000798627 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11429287 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000798627 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10743719 035 $a(PQKB)10504903 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000243932 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23329 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1068841 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10621329 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL932035 035 $a(UtSlPG)40760 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1068841 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000278230 100 $a20121203d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFifty years in chains $eor, The life of an American slave /$fby Charles Ball 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (239 p.) 300 $a"DocSouth books edition" 311 $a1-4696-0784-0 327 $aAbout 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. 330 $aFifty 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 later 606 $aSlavery$zMaryland 606 $aSlavery$zSouth Carolina 606 $aSlavery$zGeorgia 615 0$aSlavery 615 0$aSlavery 615 0$aSlavery 676 $a305.5 676 $a305.5/67 676 $a305.5/67/092 676 $a305.567092 676 $a306.362092 700 $aBall$b Charles$fb. 1781?$01603792 712 02$aUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.$bDocumenting the American South (Project) 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820202703321 996 $aFifty years in chains$93928333 997 $aUNINA