The Blind African Slave: Memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, Nicknamed Jeffrey Brace

Born in West Africa around 1742, Jeffrey Brace was captured by slave traders at 16. After service in the Continental Army he moved to Vermont, the first state to make slavery illegal. Although literate, he was blind when he narrated his life story to an antislavery lawyer, Benjamin Prentiss.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Brace, Jeffrey
Published: 01/10/2005
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299201449
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.42h x 5.68w x 0.58d