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

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  • Physical Description: 1 online resource
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    Electronic data (1 file : ca. 220 kilobytes).
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  • Edition: Electronic ed.
  • Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Text scanned (OCR) by David Faflik. Images scanned by David Faflik. Text encoded by Chris Hill and Natalia Smith.
This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection North American slave narratives.
Title from electronic title page.
Original Version Note:
Transcribed from: The life of John Thompson, a fugitive slave : containing his history of 25 years in bondage, and his providential escape / written by himself. Worcester : published by John Thompson, 1856. (Worcester : printed by C. Hamilton) vi, 13-143 p. ; 19 cm.
Funding Information Note:
Funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities supported the electronic publication of this title.
System Details Note:
System requirements: PC with modem or direct Internet connection; Panorama for SGML files.
Subject: Thompson, John 1812-1860
African American sailors Biography
African Americans Maryland Biography
African Americans Maryland Religion
Enslaved persons' writings, American
Fugitive slaves Biography
Plantation life Maryland History 19th century
Slavery Maryland History 19th century
Enslaved persons Maryland Biography
Genre: Slave narratives.

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