Charles Ball

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Charles Ball (1780 - ) was an African-American slave from Maryland, best known for his account as a fugitive slave, The Life and Adventures of Charles Ball (1837).

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[edit] Biography

In 1805 he was sold to a South Carolinian cotton planter, thus estranged from his wife and children who remained in Maryland. After several escapes and recaptures, he wrote his autobiography with the help of Caucasian lawyer Isaac Fisher. [1] In that book, he distinguishes creole slaves from Africa-born slaves, explaining that they were more recalcitrant than the former. [2] He also holds forth about the development of the cotton gin and how that affected slavery.[3]

[edit] Bibliography

  • The Life and Adventures of Charles Ball, 1837

[edit] References

  1. ^ Charles Ball
  2. ^ Peter Kolchin, "American Slavery",Penguin History, paperback edition, 41
  3. ^ Africans in America/Part 3/Charles Ball's Narrative: Fifty Years in Chains

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