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The life of John Thompson, a fugitive slave: containing his history of 25 years in bondage and his providential escape

By Thompson , William L , John;Andrews

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Year
2011
ISBN
9781101535325, 9781101534021, 1101534028, 1101535326
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
190 kB (194901 bytes)
Series
Penguin classics
Pages
xxxii, 107 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
-- 1812-1860;Fugitive slaves -- United States -- BAfrican Americans;BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--HistoARFLGAJohnKYLAMSNCSCTNVAWV);Slavery--Maryland--History--19th century;Slave

Description

The unique narrative of a slave who fled to freedom and sailed aboard a whaling vessel. John Thompson was born into slavery on a Maryland plantation in 1812. Originally published in 1856, The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave chronicles his enslavement, his escape, and his life in the North, where he lived as a free man until fear of recapture drove him to flee once again-this time to sea aboard the Milwood, a whaling vessel. 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 African American Pilgrim's Progress, as well as a narrative of struggle with, escape from, and triumph over American slavery.

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