Cover of Fifty Years in Chains; or The Life of an American Slave

Fifty Years in Chains; or The Life of an American Slave

by Charles Ball

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10 h 48 min
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English
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Guy Lederfein, James K. White, Leith Atia, Maria Kasper, Mike Pelton and 3 others

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This is the story of Charles Ball, an American slave who was born in 1780 and remained a slave for fifty years thereafter. Ball told his story to a lawyer who turned it into this written work. (Summary by Tom Causby)