Slave Life in Virginia and Kentucky : A Narrative by Francis Fedric, Escaped Slave

In 1854, faced with the threat of yet another brutal beating, a fifty-year-old slave in Mason County, Kentucky, decided to try again to escape. His first attempt had ended in his near starvation as he hid for nine weeks in a swamp, before hunger compelled him to return to his master. This time the s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Innes, C. L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Frederick, Francis, > approximately 1805-approximately 1882.
Slaves > Social conditions.
Slaves.
Plantation life.
Fugitive slaves.
African Americans.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV).
Esclaves fugitifs > Canada > Biographies.
Esclaves > Virginie > Conditions sociales > 19e siecle.
Esclaves > Kentucky > Conditions sociales > 19e siecle.
Vie dans les plantations > Virginie > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Vie dans les plantations > Kentucky > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Noirs americains > Biographies.
Noirs americains > Angleterre > Biographies.
Slaves > Virginia > Biography.
Slaves > Kentucky > Biography.
Fugitive slaves > Canada > Biography.
Slaves > Virginia > Social conditions > 19th century.
Slaves > Kentucky > Social conditions > 19th century.
Plantation life > Virginia > History > 19th century.
Plantation life > Kentucky > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Biography.
African Americans > England > Biography.
Virginia.
Kentucky.
England.
Canada.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
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Sumario:In 1854, faced with the threat of yet another brutal beating, a fifty-year-old slave in Mason County, Kentucky, decided to try again to escape. His first attempt had ended in his near starvation as he hid for nine weeks in a swamp, before hunger compelled him to return to his master. This time the slave sought the help of a neighbor with abolitionist sympathies, and he joined the hundreds of other fugitive slaves fleeing across the Ohio River and north to Canada on the Underground Railroad. After his arrival in Toronto he discarded his master's surname (Parker), renamed himself Francis Fedric.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (168 pages).
ISBN:9780807138052

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