The Blind African Slave: Memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, Nicknamed Jeffrey BraceUniv of Wisconsin Press, 16 feb. 2005 - 184 sidor The Blind African Slave recounts the life of Jeffrey Brace (né Boyrereau Brinch), who was born in West Africa around 1742. Captured by slave traders at the age of sixteen, Brace was transported to Barbados, where he experienced the shock and trauma of slave-breaking and was sold to a New England ship captain. After fighting as an enslaved sailor for two years in the Seven Years War, Brace was taken to New Haven, Connecticut, and sold into slavery. After several years in New England, Brace enlisted in the Continental Army in hopes of winning his manumission. After five years of military service, he was honorably discharged and was freed from slavery. As a free man, he chose in 1784 to move to Vermont, the first state to make slavery illegal. There, he met and married an African woman, bought a farm, and raised a family. Although literate, he was blind when he decided to publish his life story, which he narrated to a white antislavery lawyer, Benjamin Prentiss, who published it in 1810. Upon his death in 1827, Brace was a well-respected abolitionist. In this first new edition since 1810, Kari J. Winter provides a historical introduction, annotations, and original documents that verify and supplement our knowledge of Brace's life and times. |
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... arrival in Barba- dos . Slave traders often sailed up or down the coast gradually collecting their enslaved cargo ... arrived from Africa between 1757 and 1760 carrying cargoes of slaves that fit the contours of Brace's description ...
... arrival in Barba- dos . Slave traders often sailed up or down the coast gradually collecting their enslaved cargo ... arrived from Africa between 1757 and 1760 carrying cargoes of slaves that fit the contours of Brace's description ...
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... arrived in port , he and his fellow slaves were removed from the slave ship and imprisoned in what he calls “ a large prison , or rather house of subjection ” ( 47 ) . William Pierson observes : “ So terrible was the experi- ence of the ...
... arrived in port , he and his fellow slaves were removed from the slave ship and imprisoned in what he calls “ a large prison , or rather house of subjection ” ( 47 ) . William Pierson observes : “ So terrible was the experi- ence of the ...
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... arrived in the Americas. The result was that once they learned they would not be eaten but, instead, put to work, the new slaves saw their release from the cramped and stinking holds of the slave ships as an escape” (145). Brace ...
... arrived in the Americas. The result was that once they learned they would not be eaten but, instead, put to work, the new slaves saw their release from the cramped and stinking holds of the slave ships as an escape” (145). Brace ...
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... arrival in Barbados), a three-year-old “free mulatto child” named David Welch was baptized in St. Michael Parish (Sanders, Baptisms 100). This David Welch could have been the offspring of the couple that Brace encountered; in any case ...
... arrival in Barbados), a three-year-old “free mulatto child” named David Welch was baptized in St. Michael Parish (Sanders, Baptisms 100). This David Welch could have been the offspring of the couple that Brace encountered; in any case ...
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... arrival in the household, when Welch left the starving, thirsty boy sitting on a stoop by the door while he went off drinking with his associate. The “white maid” invited Brace into the house and fed him pork, onions, and a small ...
... arrival in the household, when Welch left the starving, thirsty boy sitting on a stoop by the door while he went off drinking with his associate. The “white maid” invited Brace into the house and fed him pork, onions, and a small ...
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A Note on the Text | 85 |
The Blind African Slave Or Memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch Nicknamed Jeffrey Brace | 87 |
Deeds of Manumission Drawn by William Welch | 185 |
Legal Documents Related to Jeffrey Braces Military Pension Application 18181821 | 193 |
Documents related to Jeffrey Braces Land Transactions and Estate | 217 |
A Brace Chronology | 223 |
Bibliography | 227 |
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The Blind African Slave: Memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, Nicknamed Jeffrey Brace Jeffrey Brace Begränsad förhandsgranskning - 2005 |
The Blind African Slave: Memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, Nicknamed Jeffrey Brace Kari J. Winter Fragmentarisk förhandsgranskning - 2004 |
The Blind African Slave: Memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, Nicknamed Jeffrey Brace Jeffrey Brace Ingen förhandsgranskning - 2005 |
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