[Gutenberg 40760] • Fifty Years in Chains; or, the Life of an American Slave

[Gutenberg 40760] • Fifty Years in Chains; or, the Life of an American Slave

This is the story of Charles Ball, an American slave who was born in 1780 and remained a slave for fifty years thereafter. Ball told his story to a lawyer who turned it into this written work.

(Summary by Tom Causby)