Fifty Years in Chains-Life of an American Slave
A Fugitive Slave Narrative of Maryland, the U.S. Navy's Chesapeake Bay Flotilla, and the War of 1812By Charles Ball
Length10h 44m
About this audiobook
"Fifty Years in Chains" is an autobiography of a fugitive slave,Charles Ball, where he describes his life as a slave under various masters and his service in the Chesapeake Bay Flotilla of the U.S. Navy under the command of Commodore Joshua Barney in the War of 1812.
Charles Ball (1780 - unknown) was an enslaved African-American from Maryland who worked as a cook and sailor.According to his Autobiography his grandfather was a man from a noble African family who was enslaved and brought to Calvert County, Maryland around 1730.
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GenreBiography and Memoir
Length10 hrs 44 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 10, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Fifty Years in Chains-Life of an American Slave
12CHAPTER X
2PREFACE
13CHAPTER XI
3CHAPTER I SEPARATED FROM MY MOTHER
14CHAPTER XII
4CHAPTER II
15CHAPTER XIII
5CHAPTER III
16CHAPTER XIV
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6CHAPTER IV
17CHAPTER XV
7CHAPTER V
18CHAPTER XVI
8CHAPTER VI
19CHAPTER XVII
9CHAPTER VII
20CHAPTER XVIII
10CHAPTER VIII
21CHAPTER XIX
11CHAPTER IX
22CHAPTER XX
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