A Brief Account: of the Life, Experience, Travels, and Gospel Labours of George White, an African; Written by Himself, and Revised by a Contributor(s): White, George (Author) |
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ISBN: 1946640352 ISBN-13: 9781946640352 Publisher: Historic Publishing OUR PRICE: $16.14 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | African American |
Physical Information: 0.19" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.26 lbs) 92 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Topical - Black History |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: MY mother was a slave, belonging to an estate in the township of Accomack, state of Virginia, where I was born in the fall of 1764: but at the age of one year and a half, was torn from her fond embraces, and carried by my owner into Esther county; where I was kept until six years of age; being treated with a degree of indulgence, uncommon to the children of Virginian slaves. However, about this time, my master, for reasons best known to himself, sold me to a person in Sommerset County, state of Maryland; from whom I received much better treatment than is usual for Africans to meet with, in this land of human oppression and barbarity. Here I continued in servitude, until the fifteenth year of my age; when I was again made merchandise of, sold, and sent into Suffolk; where I continued under all the severities of the most abject slavery, till I arrived at the twenty-sixth year of my age. |