The blind African slave, or, Memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, nicknamed Jeffery Brace

Description:

"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"--Publisher.

subjects: Slave trade,  Description and travel,  Slavery,  Slaves,  Social conditions,  Slaves' writings, American,  African Americans,  Biography,  History,  Biography: general,  Slavery & emancipation,  c 1700 to c 1800,  c 1800 to c 1900,  Biography / Autobiography,  History: American,  USA,  Cultural Heritage,  Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor,  People of Color,  Social Science / African-American Studies,  United States - Revolutionary War,  18th century,  Brinch, Boyrereau,  New England,  African americans, social conditions,  Slaves, united states,  Slaves, united states, social conditions,  Slavery, united states, history,  Slave trade, africa,  Slaves' writings,  Africa, description and travel,  Enslaved persons, united states,  Enslaved persons, united states, social conditions,  Enslaved persons' writings

People: Boyrereau Brinch

Places: New England,  Africa

Times: 18th century