Samuel Hall, 47 years a slave
Subtitle: a brief story of his life before and after freedom came to him
Contributors: Elder, Orville, 1866-; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: African Americans; Biography; Freed persons; Slaves; Slavery; History; African American Participation; Slaves' writings, American
Other titles: Samuel Hall, forty-seven years a slave; Life of Samuel Hall, Washington, Iowa, a slave for forty-seven years, born 1818.; North American slave narratives.
Description: Samuel Hall's first person account focuses on his conflicts with his last owner, William Wallace, his pursuit of freedom, and his life in Iowa following the Civil War. During the Civil War, Hall served in the Confederate Army but secretly aided the Union troops. After the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, Hall served in the Union Army and eventually moved to Washington, Iowa. In his introduction and conclusion, Orville Elder provides additional facts about Hall's relatives, childhood, and life after slavery.
Notes: Title from electronic title page (viewed May 28, 2003)

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University provided the text for the electronic publication of this title.

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection North American slave narratives.

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Transcribed from: Samuel Hall, 47 years a slave : a brief story of his life before and after freedom came to him. Washington, Iowa : Journal Print, c1912. 45 p. : port. Cover title: The life of Samuel Hall, Washington, Iowa, a slave for forty-seven years, born 1818. Introduction signed by Orville Elder.

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