The fugitive blacksmith, or, Events in the history of James W.C. Pennington [electronic resource] : pastor of a Presbyterian church, New York, formerly a slave in the state of Maryland, United States.
Born Jim Pembroke in 1807, Pennington was a slave on a farm in eastern Maryland, where he worked as a stone mason, blacksmith, and carpenter. In 1828, at the age of 21, he left his parents and eleven siblings and escaped to Pennsylvania. He describes his experiences as a slave, the challenges of his escape, and the trials and triumphs of his life in freedom. At the same time, he explores master/slave relations, treatment of female slaves, daily life, and social relationships within the Maryland slave society. Pennington also conveys his convictions regarding religion, education, and the evils of slavery.
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- Physical Description: 1 electronic resource
- Edition: Electronic edition
- Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001.
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- Text transcribed by Apex Data Services, Inc. Text encoded by Apex Data Services, Inc., Elizabeth S. Wright, and Natalia Smith.This electronic edition has been transcribed from a photocopy supplied by University of Texas of the Permian Basin Library. Pages 50-51 were missing from received photocopy, and thus, were transcribed from the 1850 edition.This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection North American slave narratives.Title from electronic title page (viewed Nov. 12, 2003).
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- Transcribed from photocopy of: The fugitive blacksmith, or, Events in the history of James W.C. Pennington : pastor of a Presbyterian church, New York, formerly a slave in the state of Maryland, United States. 2nd ed. London : Charles Gilpin, 1849. xvi, 96 p.
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- Funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities supported the electronic publication of this title.
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African American blacksmiths > Biography.
African American Presbyterians > New York > Biography.
African Americans > Biography.
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Enslaved persons > United States > Biography
Fugitive slaves > United States > Biography.
Plantation life > Maryland > History > 19th century.
Presbyterian Church > New York > Clergy > Biography.
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