Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green

Narrative of the Life of J D Green was written by a slave. Jacob grew up on a plantation in Kentucky. His mother was sold when he was 12. At 17 he was beaten for hitting a white boy who had stolen from him. This beating gave him a hatred of white men. He managed to get revenge when he replaced Mr. Burmey¿s smoking tobacco with gunpowder. No one ever suspected him of the murder. After escaping to the North Jacob lectured at many schools.