<I>The Life of Samuel Hall: A Slave For Forty-Seven Years</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1912
name: label: Written by
content: Samuel Hall, American, born 1818
label: Written by
content: Orville Elder, American, born 1866
notes: label: Description
content: The autobiography of Samuel Hall with a forward by friend Orville Elder. The book has 45 pages and is saddle-stitched with a paper cover. The cover was printed on hand-made paper with black serif typeface and border design element. The front cover reads [THE LIFE OF Samuel Hall / WASHINGTON, IOWA / A Slave for Forty-Seven Years / BORN 1818]. The inside cover features an oval-shaped black-and-white photographic portrait of Hall. The title page reads [SAMUEL HALL / 47 YEARS A SLAVE / A BRIEF STORY OF HIS LIFE BEFORE AND AFTER FREEDOM CAME TO HIM]. The narrative story tells of Hall's life enslaved on a plantation in Iredell County, North Carolina where he received an education and religious instruction before being sold away from his wife and children to William Wallace, a plantation owner in Tennessee. The narrative also shares Hall's experience during the Civil War first with the Confederate Army and then with the Union after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. He later became a successful farmer in Washington, Iowa, where he settled with his second wife and nine children.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Fatherhood
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.76
objectType: label: Type
content: narratives
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 9 x 5 7/8 in. (22.9 x 14.9 cm)