Struggles for freedom, or, the life of James Watkins, formerly a slave in Maryland, U. S.
Subtitle: in which is detailed a graphic account of his extraordinary escape from slavery, notices of the Fugitive slave law, the sentiments of American divines on the subject of slavery, etc., etc
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: 2000
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: African Americans; Biography; Slaves; Fugitive slaves; Plantation life; History; Social conditions; Slavery; Antislavery movements; Poetry; United States
Other titles: Struggles for freedom; Life of James Watkins, formerly a slave in Maryland, U. S.; North American slave narratives.
Notes: Title from electronic title page.

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: Struggles for freedom : or the life of James Watkins, formerly a slave in Maryland, U. S. : in which is detailed a graphic account of his extraordinary escape from slavery, notices of the Fugitive slave law, the sentiments of American divines on the subject of slavey, etc., etc. 19th ed. Manchester : Printed for James Watkins, 1860 (Manchester : Abel Heywood, printer). 104 p. ; 19 cm.

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