Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper
A Fugitive Slave's Harrowing Journey from North Carolina Bondage to Transatlantic AbolitionismBy Moses Roper
Length2h 59m
About this audiobook
Moses Roper's *Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper* is a compelling antebellum slave narrative that recounts his enslavement in North Carolina, repeated acts of resistance, brutal punishments, and arduous flight toward freedom. Written in a direct, testimonial style, the book combines personal memory with documentary detail: plantations, auctions, slave catchers, disguises, and the precarious geography of escape become evidence in an indictment of American slavery. Its emphasis on bodily suffering and moral contradiction places it within the abolitionist tradition, while its episodic structure reflects the conventions of nineteenth-century reform literature and public antislavery testimony. Roper, born into slavery in 1815, endured separation from family, violent treatment, and repeated attempts to recover him after escape. After reaching the free states and eventually Britain, he became an antislavery lecturer, using his experience to challenge proslavery claims and to expose the systematic nature of bondage. The narrative was published in 1838 amid heightened British and American abolitionist activity, and its prefatory appeals to truth and justice underscore Roper's role as both witness and author. This book deserves the attention of readers interested in African American autobiography, abolitionist discourse, and the history of slavery. It is especially valuable for its unvarnished account of resistance and survival, and for the way it transforms individual experience into a sustained moral and political argument. Readers should approach it both as a powerful life story and as a historically significant intervention in the campaign against slavery.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length2 hrs 59 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 29, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Thirty One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains (Annotated)
7Chapter V
2Preface to the First Edition
8Chapter VI
3Chapter I
9Chapter VII
4Chapter II
10Chapter VIII
5Chapter III
11Chapter IX
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6Chapter IV
12Appendix
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