The Blind African Slave: Memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, Nicknamed Jeffrey BraceUniv of Wisconsin Press, 16.02.2005 - 184 Seiten 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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... native state within a few miles of his birthplace ! Lucius E. Chittenden , an avid collector of Vermont imprints , could not procure a copy for his collection ; nor was the little book known to M. D. Gilman , com- piler of the ...
... native state within a few miles of his birthplace ! Lucius E. Chittenden , an avid collector of Vermont imprints , could not procure a copy for his collection ; nor was the little book known to M. D. Gilman , com- piler of the ...
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... native culture as an absolute monarchy in which “the first grade of nobility” performed “the office of councilors of state,” at the king's discretion. The king was commander-in-chief of the military, and the culture prized bravery ...
... native culture as an absolute monarchy in which “the first grade of nobility” performed “the office of councilors of state,” at the king's discretion. The king was commander-in-chief of the military, and the culture prized bravery ...
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... native tongue. Like most travel narratives of this era, the opening chapters of The Blind African Slave blur the lines between memory, exotica, and scholarship.5 Brace was an elderly survivor of profound trauma who was recalling his ...
... native tongue. Like most travel narratives of this era, the opening chapters of The Blind African Slave blur the lines between memory, exotica, and scholarship.5 Brace was an elderly survivor of profound trauma who was recalling his ...
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... native to West Africa , we should also remain aware that autobiography is never merely factual . Brace and Pren- tiss were collaborating in the production of meaning and myth , not simply facts . While reconstructing his African roots ...
... native to West Africa , we should also remain aware that autobiography is never merely factual . Brace and Pren- tiss were collaborating in the production of meaning and myth , not simply facts . While reconstructing his African roots ...
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... native of Bridgetown who became a London-based master mariner and commander of the ship Berwick, was involved in at least four such manumission projects wherein he collaborated with four free col- ored slaveholders (Sarah Hartle ...
... native of Bridgetown who became a London-based master mariner and commander of the ship Berwick, was involved in at least four such manumission projects wherein he collaborated with four free col- ored slaveholders (Sarah Hartle ...
Inhalt
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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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