Ebook: The life of John Thompson, a fugitive slave: containing his history of 25 years in bondage and his providential escape
Author: Thompson John, Andrews William L
- Tags: African Americans, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical, Fugitive slaves--United States, HISTORY--United States--State & Local--South (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC SC TN VA WV), Slavery--Maryland--History--19th century, Slaves--Maryland, Slavery, Slaves, Fugitive slaves, Biographies, Biography, History, Thompson John -- 1812-1860, Fugitive slaves -- United States -- Biography, Slaves -- Maryland -- Biography, African Americans -- Biography, Slavery -- Maryland -- History -- 19th century, Worcester (Mas
- Series: Penguin classics
- Year: 2011
- Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
- City: New York;Worcester (Mass.);United States;Maryland;Massachusetts;Worcester
- Language: English
- epub
The unique narrative of a slave who fled to freedom and sailed aboard a whaling vessel.
John Thompson was born into slavery on a Maryland plantation in 1812. Originally published in 1856, The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave chronicles his enslavement, his escape, and his life in the North, where he lived as a free man until fear of recapture drove him to flee once again-this time to sea aboard the Milwood, a whaling vessel. The only fugitive slave narrator to report a whaling voyage, Thompson crafted from his seafaring experience an allegorical sermon that caps his Life and renders it a kind of African American Pilgrim's Progress, as well as a narrative of struggle with, escape from, and triumph over American slavery.
John Thompson was born into slavery on a Maryland plantation in 1812. Originally published in 1856, The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave chronicles his enslavement, his escape, and his life in the North, where he lived as a free man until fear of recapture drove him to flee once again-this time to sea aboard the Milwood, a whaling vessel. The only fugitive slave narrator to report a whaling voyage, Thompson crafted from his seafaring experience an allegorical sermon that caps his Life and renders it a kind of African American Pilgrim's Progress, as well as a narrative of struggle with, escape from, and triumph over American slavery.
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