Twenty-Eight Years A Slave: Or The Story Of My Life In Three Continents (1909) is an autobiographical account by Thomas L. Johnson, a former slave who was born in Virginia in 1836 and sold into slavery at the age of six. The book chronicles his life as a slave in various parts of the United States, including Virginia, North Carolina, and Alabama, and his eventual escape to freedom in Canada. Johnson's story also covers his travels as a free man to Europe and Africa, where he worked as a sailor and a missionary. Throughout ...
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Twenty-Eight Years A Slave: Or The Story Of My Life In Three Continents (1909) is an autobiographical account by Thomas L. Johnson, a former slave who was born in Virginia in 1836 and sold into slavery at the age of six. The book chronicles his life as a slave in various parts of the United States, including Virginia, North Carolina, and Alabama, and his eventual escape to freedom in Canada. Johnson's story also covers his travels as a free man to Europe and Africa, where he worked as a sailor and a missionary. Throughout the book, Johnson reflects on the injustices of slavery and the challenges he faced as a black man in a world dominated by white supremacy. Published in 1909, Twenty-Eight Years A Slave provides a firsthand account of the brutal realities of slavery and the resilience of those who fought against it. Johnson's story is a powerful reminder of the importance of freedom and the ongoing struggle for equality.Twenty-Eight Years A Slave In Virginia, Afterwards, At Forty Years Of Age, A Student In Spurgeon s College, Missionary In Africa, Evangelist In England.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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