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A Formerly Enslaved Man Describes the Environmental Difficulties of Escape (1857)
William J. Anderson was enslaved for 24 years. In 1836, he escaped enslavement and fled from a plantation near Vicksburg, Mississippi. Anderson eventually settled in Indiana. As a free man, Anderson became a successful farm and business owner and [...]
Item Type: Biography/Autobiography
Historical Eras: Antebellum America (1816-1860), Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)