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THE NAT TURNER PROJECT

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    TREATMENT OF SLAVES

     

    Food

    "A Virginian"

     

    Clothing

    George A. Avery

    Samuel Ellison

    Lemuel Sapington

     

    Housing

    Lemuel Sapington

     

    Punishment

    John H. Curtiss

    Samuel Ellison

    Rev. Henry T Hopkins

    William Poe

    L. Turner

     

    Labor Conditions

    Gurdon Chapman

    Lemuel Sapington

    William S. Drewry

     

    Sale and Capture

    Slave Auctions

    Slave for Sale

    Slaves Wanted

    Capture

     

    General Treatment

    John Brown

    William S. Drewry

     

    Continue to SLAVE RESISTANCE

    SLAVE LIFE IN GEORGIA:
    A NARRATIVE
    OF THE
    LIFE, SUFFERINGS, AND ESCAPE
    OF
    JOHN BROWN,
    A Fugitive Slave,
    NOW IN ENGLAND.

     

    EDITED BY
    L. A. CHAMEROVZOW,
    SECRETARY OF THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY.

     

    LONDON:
    MAY BE HAD ON APPLICATION TO THE EDITOR,
    AT No. 27, NEW BROAD STREET,
    AND OF ALL BOOKSELLERS.
    1855.

     

    John Brown was born Fed Moore in Southampton County about 1810. When he was around ten years old, he was sold to North Carolina and separated from his mother. He was then sold to Georgia, where he lived until he escaped from slavery in the 1840s.

    Chapter I  My Childhood and First Troubles

     

    Chapter II   My New Master: and How He Came to Sell Me

     

    Chapter III  I Am Sold Again. How I Fared