University of North Carolina
Unc: Charles Ball: Fifty Years in Chains
Here, read the entire text to "Fifty Years in Chains; or, The Life of an American Slave," which was written by Charles Ball and originally published in 1859.
University of North Carolina
First Person Narratives of the American South: Twenty Nine Years a Slave
Here at this site from the University of North Carolina, read the full text of Henry Clay Bruce's (1836-1902) book, "The New Man: Twenty-Nine Years a Slave, Twenty-Nine Years a Free Man." A very interesting account of a former slave of...