Author: Henry WatsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fugitive slaves
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Narrative of Henry Watson, a Fugitive Slave
Author: Henry WatsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fugitive slaves
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Narrative of Henry Watson
Author: Henry WatsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fugitive slaves
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Narrative Of Henry Watson, A Fugitive Slave
Author: Henry B 1813? WatsonPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781022584532
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
First published in 1839, Narrative of Henry Watson is a gripping account of one man's escape from slavery in the southern United States. Watson's narrative is notable for its vivid descriptions of the brutality and violence of slavery, as well as his reflections on the spiritual and moral dimensions of his struggle for freedom. The book remains a powerful testament to the resilience and courage of enslaved people during a dark chapter in American history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Narrative of Henry Watson
Author: Henry WatsonPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781334109409
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Excerpt from Narrative of Henry Watson: A Fugitive Slave I had recovered from my sickness but a few months, when one day, looking up the road, I saw a man riding towards the house I ran with the rest of the children to hide ourselves until the man had gone. When I had remained concealed some time, I ventured out again, and found Mr. Bibb, my master, looking for me, who ordered me into the house and when I got there, to my astonish ment, I found the man whom we had hid ourselves from, sit ting in the room. After he had inspected me to his satisfac tion, I was ordered out of the room, and went to play, and had forgotten the whole affair, when my master called me again, and ordered me to hold the stranger's horse. I did so, and in a few minutes he came forth and ordered me to mount behind him. This, with his assis tance, I did; but rode only a short distance, when I jumped from the horse and ran for the house as fastas I could. He succeeded, however, in overtaking me, and I was again put on the horse, this time in front of him; and in this way was I carried to Fredericksburg. I was then placed in the possession of Mr. J aner, better known as Parson J aner; the man that had bought me being the son of Mr. Jauer, who was one of those jolly, good-natured clergymen, who, while he feasted his nu merens guests in the parlor, starved his slaves in the kitchen. After remaining there awhile, it was deter mined to send me to Richmond. The same man that brought me, came for me and ordered me to take a seat on the stage-coach, and the next day I found myself in Richmond, and stopped at the Eagle Hotel, kept by Mr. Holman, where I remained two or three days, and then was carried to the auction room; entering which, I found several slaves, seated around the room waiting for the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Narrative of Henry Watson, a Fugitive Slave
Author: Henry WatsonPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781451524581
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Narrative of Henry Watson, A Fugitive Slave [1848]. According to his narrative, Henry Watson was born into slavery near Fredericksburg, Virginia, in 1813. Watson's master, whom he remembers only as "Bibb," worked primarily at raising slaves for sale. Watson's mother, the cook in the great house, was sold when Watson was eight. Shortly thereafter, Watson himself was sold to Parson Janer, with whom he remained only a brief time before being sent to auction in Richmond, Virginia. Watson was purchased by a slave trader named Denton, who forced him to walk, along with many other slaves, to Natchez, Mississippi. Watson was purchased by the tyrannical Alexander McNeill, who kept Watson as a house slave for approximately five years. When Watson refused to inform on another slave, he was sent to work as a field hand on McNeill's farm. Watson was purchased by Alexander McNeill's brother, William, who, while initially kind, becomes cruel under the influence of his controlling and sadistic wife. Watson was then sold to an unnamed man who put him to work in a hotel dining room. Over the next few years, Watson developed a gambling habit, stabbed another slave, and was hired out and sold. A Northern man eventually alerted Watson to a means of escape on a ship bound for Boston. Upon reaching Boston at age 26, Watson met William Lloyd Garrison, who advised him to flee the country. Watson spent a few months in Britain but returned to the United States, where he remained, with his unnamed wife, at the close of his narrative.
Narrative of Henry Watson
Author: African American Pamphlet Col WatsonPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781020894596
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This powerful memoir tells the story of Henry Watson, a fugitive slave who escaped from slavery in the South and traveled to Canada in search of freedom. Watson's narrative is a compelling account of the horrors of slavery and the struggle for freedom in antebellum America. This book is an essential read for anyone interested in the history of slavery in the United States. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Three Fugitive Slave Narratives
Author: John ThompsonPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781470160616
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This original compilation of slave narratives contains three complete narrative written by William Wells Brown, John Thompson, and Henry Watson. All three of the aforementioned authors were fugitive slaves.1.) Three Fugitive Slaves. Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave. Written by Himself. By William Wells Brown. (c)1847.2.) The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave; Containing His History of 25 Years in Bondage, and His Providential Escape. Written by HimselfBy John Thompson. (c)18563.) Narrative of Henry Watson, A Fugitive Slave: Written By Himself By Henry Watson.(c)1848.
Understanding 19th-Century Slave Narratives
Author: Sterling Lecater Bland Jr.Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 144084464X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
African American slave narratives of the 19th century recorded the grim realities of the antebellum South; they also provide the foundation for this compelling and revealing work on African American history and experiences. Naturally, it is not possible to really know what being a slave during the antebellum period in America was like without living the experience. But students CAN get eye-opening insight into what it was like through the gripping stories of bravery, courage, persistence, and resiliency in this collection of annotated slave narratives from the period. Each of the collected narratives includes an introduction that provides readers with key historical context on the particular life examined. Moreover, each narrative is accompanied by annotations that broaden the reader's comprehension of that primary document. The primary source documents in this volume tell enthralling stories, such as how slave woman Ellen Craft utilized her particularly pale complexion to pose as a free white man overseeing his slaves to free herself and her husband, and how Henry Brown successfully shipped himself to freedom in a box measuring scarcely 3 feet by two feet by six inches deep—despite being more than six feet tall.
To Tell a Free Story
Author: William L. AndrewsPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252054636
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
To Tell A Free Story traces in unprecedented detail the history of Black autobiography from the colonial era through Emancipation. Beginning with the 1760 narrative by Briton Hammond, William L. Andrews explores first-person public writings by Black Americans. Andrews includes but also goes beyond slave narratives to analyze spiritual biographies, criminal confessions, captivity stories, travel accounts, interviews, and memoirs. As he shows, Black writers continuously faced the fact that northern whites often refused to accept their stories and memories as sincere, and especially distrusted portraits of southern whites as inhuman. Black writers had to silence parts of their stories or rely on subversive methods to make facts tellable while contending with the sensibilities of the white editors, publishers, and readers they relied upon and hoped to reach.
Gender and Race in Antebellum Popular Culture
Author: Sarah N. RothPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107043689
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
In the decades leading to the Civil War, popular conceptions of African American men shifted dramatically. The savage slave featured in 1830s' novels and stories gave way by the 1850s to the less-threatening humble black martyr. This radical reshaping of black masculinity in American culture occurred at the same time that the reading and writing of popular narratives were emerging as largely feminine enterprises. In a society where women wielded little official power, white female authors exalted white femininity, using narrative forms such as autobiographies, novels, short stories, visual images, and plays, by stressing differences that made white women appear superior to male slaves. This book argues that white women, as creators and consumers of popular culture media, played a pivotal role in the demasculinization of black men during the antebellum period, and consequently had a vital impact on the political landscape of antebellum and Civil War-era America through their powerful influence on popular culture.
