Running from Bondage
Title | Running from Bondage PDF eBook |
Author | Karen Cook Bell |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2021-07 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1108831540 |
A compelling examination of the ways enslaved women fought for their freedom during and after the Revolutionary War.
Escape from Treasure Island
Title | Escape from Treasure Island PDF eBook |
Author | William Morris |
Publisher | Page Publishing Inc |
Pages | 121 |
Release | 2021-02-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1662420757 |
A true story of a young marine who escaped from a level 5 military prison on an island called Treasure Island. In the military, he graduated number one in his class; his future seemed bright. After his first love left him, his life spiraled out of control into drugs and crime. It’s a true story of one unbelievable event after another. It will keep you wondering what’s next and will give you hope if you’ve lost it.
Escaping Bondage
Title | Escaping Bondage PDF eBook |
Author | Antonio T. Bly |
Publisher | Lexington Books |
Pages | 349 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0739170333 |
Escaping Bondage: A Documentary History of Runaway Slaves in Eighteenth-Century New England, 1700-1789 is an edited collection of runaway slave advertisements that appeared in newspapers in eighteenth-century Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire. In addition to documenting the New England fugitive, it compliments similar runaway notice compilations. This compilation provides valuable insights into an important chapter in the history of slavery.
A Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper from American Slavery
Title | A Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper from American Slavery PDF eBook |
Author | Moses Roper |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009-11 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781409985600 |
Moses Roper (c. 1815-1891) was a mulatto slave who wrote one of the major early books about life as a slave in the United States - A Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper From American Slavery (1838). Moses was born in Caswell County, North Carolina. He grew up with his mother and was trained as a domestic slave until he was about seven years old when his father exchanged him and his mother for other slaves. Roper struggled tremendously when he was put to work in the fields and forests of the South-receiving harsher treatment for his inefficiency from his overseers and masters. Throughout his time in slavery, Moses attempted escape on at least 16 occasions, most of them while under his cruelest master, Mr. Gooch. He became quite famous in England because of his grand escape from American slavery and the book he later wrote about his life as a slave. In his book, he made sure to include explicit examples of the torture methods used by slave holders.
The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave
Title | The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave PDF eBook |
Author | John Thompson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 1856 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
"Thompson, born on a Maryland plantation in 1812, escaped to Pennsylvania but fell into a harried itinerant pattern. The passage of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act put him in danger even in free states ; after six months of work arranged by a Quaker, he and his companion were forced to leave by the appearance of slave hunters. Thompson started to make a life in Philadelphia, marrying and pursuing an education, only to conclude once more that he must run when several other fugitives in his neighborhood were arrested. This time he went to sea, joining a whaling vessel out of New Bedford, which comprises most of the final chapters..."--Dealer's description.
A Way of Escape
Title | A Way of Escape PDF eBook |
Author | Neil T. Anderson |
Publisher | Harvest House Publishers |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 1997-12-17 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9781565078277 |
For people trapped by unwanted thoughts, compulsive habits, or painful pasts, Anderson provides steps to overcome sexual strongholds. No matter how high the walls, escape is possible. Readers will discover practical and biblical insights to help them discover true freedom through Christ.
Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom
Title | Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom PDF eBook |
Author | William Craft |
Publisher | University of Georgia Press |
Pages | 151 |
Release | 2011-03-15 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0820340804 |
In 1848 William and Ellen Craft made one of the most daring and remarkable escapes in the history of slavery in America. With fair-skinned Ellen in the guise of a white male planter and William posing as her servant, the Crafts traveled by rail and ship--in plain sight and relative luxury--from bondage in Macon, Georgia, to freedom first in Philadelphia, then Boston, and ultimately England. This edition of their thrilling story is newly typeset from the original 1860 text. Eleven annotated supplementary readings, drawn from a variety of contemporary sources, help to place the Crafts’ story within the complex cultural currents of transatlantic abolitionism.