Sunshine and shadow of slave life
Subtitle: reminiscences
By: as told by Isaac D. Williams to "Tege."
Contributors: Goldie, William Ferguson; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries
Published: 2003
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: African Americans; Biography; Slaves; Fugitive slaves; Underground Railroad; Slavery; Plantation life
Other titles: North American slave narratives.
Description: Born in King Geogia County, Virginia, Isaac Williams, better known as Uncle Ike, stayed on the plantation with the widow of his father's master. She lost the plantation and Ike was one of the first sold to be sent to Georgia. He escaped and much of the narrative tells of his attempt to reach Canada and those that helped him as part of the Underground Railroad. Isaac also tells of slaves that crossed his path during his time in the United States and Canada, describing the life and customs of slaves. The story ends with a trip back to the South after slavery was abolished to see the land where he was once a slave.
Notes: Title from electronic title page (viewed Apr. 22, 2004).

North Carolina Central University provided the text for the electronic publication of this title.

Writer "Tege" was copyright holder William Ferguson Goldie.

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: Sunshine and shadow of slave life : reminiscences / as told by Isaac D. Williams to "Tege". East Saginaw, Mich. : Evening News Printing and Binding House, 1885. 91 p.

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