Narrative of William Hayden
Subtitle: containing a faithful account of his travels for a number of years, whilst a slave, in the south
By: written by himself
Contributors: 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: 2001
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: African Americans; Biography; Slaves; Free African Americans; Religion; Slavery; History; Description and travel; Slaves' writings, American
Other titles: Life of Hayden.; North American slave narratives.
Description: This volume is an autobiography of the early life of William Hayden, a man born into slavery, and of his efforts and enterprises to free himself from bondage. A detailed account tells of all the people who owned him and their actions and attitudes toward him, his personal enterprises to acquire an education and marketable skills, and the various commercial enterprises that enabled him to earn enough money to buy himself and the freedom of his mother and sister. He viewed the gaining of his freedom to be a religiously mandated action, argues about the illegal nature of slavery, and tells of his legal outsmarting of his last, venial master.
Notes: Title from electronic title page.

Pages 145-146 are missing in the original.

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: Narrative of William Hayden : containing a faithful account of his travels for a number of years, whilst a slave, in the south / written by himself. Cincinnati, Ohio. : W. Hayden, 1846. 154 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. Spine title: Life of Hayden.

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