The Blind African Slave
Memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, Nicknamed Jeffrey Brace
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19979708 |
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| Authors | Jeffrey Brace, Kari J Winter, Benjamin F Prentiss |
| Year | 2005 |
| Pages | 244 |
| Publication date | 2005-01-10 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | The blind African slave, or, Memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, nicknamed Jeffery Brace (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology (PUBLISHER • JP) |
| OpenAlex | W629250219 |
| ISBN | 9780299201401 |
| Open Library | OL3291411M |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Born in West Africa around 1742, Jeffrey Brace was captured by slave traders at sixteen and shipped to Barbados, where he was sold. After fighting as an enslaved sailor in the Seven Years War, Brace was taken to Connecticut and sold again. Brace later enlisted in the Continental Army in hopes of winning his manumission. After military service, he was honorably discharged and was freed from slavery. In 1784, he moved to Vermont, the first state to make slavery illegal. There he married, bought a farm, and raised a family. Although literate, he was blind when he narrated his life story to an antislavery lawyer, Benjamin Prentiss. Brace died in 1827, a well-respected abolitionist. In this first new edition since 1810, Kari J. Winter supplements our knowledge of Brace's life and times with original documents and new material
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art history · Brace · Memoir · Military service · Political science · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Engineering · History · Law · 18th century · Africa · African American Studies · African americans · Autobiography · biography · Biography: general · Boyrereau Brinch · Brinch, Boyrereau · c 1700 to c 1800 · c 1800 to c 1900 · cultural heritage · description and travel · Enslaved persons · Enslaved persons' writings · Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor · History: American · new england · People of Color · Slave trade · Slavery · Slavery & emancipation · Slaves · Slaves' writings · Slaves' writings, American · Social conditions · Social Science · united states · United States - Revolutionary War · USA
| Highly cited | No |
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