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Twenty-Eight Years a Slave: or the Story of My Life in Three Continents - North America, Europe and Africa - An Autobiography

Twenty-Eight Years a Slave: or the Story of My Life in Three Continents - North America, Europe and Africa - An Autobiography

Johnson, Thomas L.

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ISBN10: 1789872596
ISBN13: 9781789872590
Publisher: Pantianos Classics
Published: Jan 1 1909
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Thomas L. Johnson's remarkable life, wherein he was born into slavery before going on to a successful career as a minister and missionary, is told here in his own words.

Until the age of twenty-eight, Johnson lived under the yolk of his slave masters. As a servant he was subject to abuse for trivial matters, such as not knowing the difference between right and left. Sold on by his master whilst still a teenager, the author had already self-taught himself rudiments of literacy from letters and newspapers left around his master's house. Luckily, his new master's son was kind, and helped Johnson with vocabulary and letters. This knowledge helped Johnson keep aware of developments - the abolitionist movement, which sought freedom for all slaves, was of particular interest, as were the politics of Britain, which had already outlawed slavery.

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