Buried alive (behind prison walls) for a quarter of a century
Subtitle: life of William Walker
By: by Thomas S. Gaines
Contributors: Walker, William, 1819?-; 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; African American criminals; Slavery; Prisoners; Social conditions; Convict labor; Contract labor; Michigan State Prison
Other titles: Life of William Walker; Buried alive, for a quarter of a century, life in Jackson Prison.; Life in Jackson Prison.; North American slave narratives.
Description: William Walker was born in Virginia around 1819 or 1820, where he lived until 1841 when he was sold and taken to Louisiana. He describes the cruel treatment that he and other slaves received from their masters. After his master in New Orleans died, he was sold to a farmer in Missouri where he escaped and ran to Michigan. A continuing theme is his desire to see his mother again. In 1866, he was accused of killing his neighbor who had threatened to kill him for being with his wife. Walker was sentenced to life in prison. The rest of the narrative tells of the horrible conditions in Jackson Prison.
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Transcribed from: Buried alive (behind prison walls) for a quarter of a century : life of William Walker / by Thomas S. Gaines. Saginaw, E. S., Mich. : Friedman & Hynan, Publishers, 1892. 208 p. Cover title: Buried alive, for a quarter of a century, life in Jackson Prison.

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