The narrative of James Roberts
Subtitle: a soldier under Gen. Washington in the Revolutionary War, and under Gen. Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans, in the War of 1812 : "a battle which cost me a limb, some blood, and almost my life"
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; African American soldiers; Slaves; Social conditions; Slavery; History; Plantation life; Personal narratives; African American Participation; New Orleans, Battle of, New Orleans, La., 1815; Slaves' writings, American
Other titles: North American slave narratives.
Notes: Title from electronic title page.

This electronic edition has been transcribed from a photocopy supplied by William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan.

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 photocopy of: The narrative of James Roberts : a soldier under Gen. Washington in the Revolutionary War, and under Gen. Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans, in the War of 1812 : "a battle which cost me a limb, some blood, and almost my life". Chicago : printed for the author, 1858. 32 p.

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Table of contents: title: The Battle of New Orleans; title: What happened after our return to Natchez; title: Breeding and selling mulattoes on Calvin Smith's plantation, or The Bargrass Farm; title: Sugar, cotton, rice and indigo plantation; title: How figs and grapes are pressed; title: President Pierce's opinion about a pension for me, and my reception by Buchanan.