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Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography.
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Slavery -- Maryland -- History -- 19th century.
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Thompson, John, 1812-
Thompson, John, 1812-
Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography.
Slaves -- Maryland -- Biography.
Blacks -- United States -- Biography.
Slavery -- Maryland -- History -- 19th century.
Worcester (Mass.) -- Biography.
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The life of John Thompson, a fugitive slave : containing his history of 25 years in bondage and his providential escape / edited with an introduction by William L. Andrews.
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Thompson, John, 1812-
Penguin Books, 2011.
Call #:
975.2 T473L
Subjects
Thompson, John, 1812-
Fugitive
slaves
--
United States
--
Biography
.
Slaves
--
Maryland
--
Biography
.
Blacks
--
United States
--
Biography
.
Slavery
--
Maryland
--
History
--
19th century.
Worcester (Mass.)
--
Biography
.
Series
Penguin classics.
ISBN:
9780143106425
0143106422
Description:
xxxii, 107 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: Worcester, Mass. : J. Thompson, 1856.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"The only fugitive slave narrator to report a whaling voyage, Thompson crafted from his seafaring experience an allegorical sermon that caps his life and renders it a kind of pilgrim's progress as well as a narrative of struggle with, escape from, and triumph over American slavery"
--
From publisher.
Other authors:
Andrews, William L., 1946-
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