Charles Ball

Fifty Years In Chains; or, The Life of an American Slave Charles Ball

THE story which follows is true in every particular Responsible citizens of a neighboring State can vouch for the reality of the narrative. The language of the slave has not at all times been strictly adhered to, as a half century of bondage unfitted him for literary work The subject of the story is still a slavery the laws of this country, and it would not be wise to reveal his name.