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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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: Francis Fedric's Story: Historical and Cultural Contexts; A Note on the Texts; Slave Life in Virginia and Kentucky; Appendix: Life and Sufferings of Francis Fedric, While in Slavery; Bibliography; Index.

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