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John Baptist Snowden, memoir
1830-1860

"[Chapter VII, page 34] The education of my children was a subject that gave me much thought and anxiety. Living in a slave State, where free children of color did not have schools to attend, shut the door which I...

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Lewis Charlton, memoir
1814, 1862, 1866

"I was born in Frederick County, Maryland, between Frederick City and Point of Rocks, very near the town of Buckiston, in the year 1814. My father and mother were both born slaves, my father was sold in Georgia when I...

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John Baptist and Margaret Coone Snowden, memoir
1809-1831

"CHAPTER VI MY MARRIAGE. MY WIFE AND CHILDREN After I obtained my freedom I felt at liberty to marry if I could find a suitable companion to take with me upon the matrimonial voyage. As some vessels have stranded on...

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John Baptist Snowden, memoir
1801-1830

"[Chapter IV, pages 20-23] MY OWNERS. THEIR TREATMENT. MY CONDUCT AS A SLAVE. VIEWS REGARDING SLAVERY, AND STRONG DESIRES FOR FREEDOM I had five owners. Nicholas Harden was the first one. He owned my mother, and when born I was...

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