Slave Life in Georgia A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings, and Escape of John Brown, a Fugitive Slave, Now in England (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Slave Life in Georgia: A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings, and Escape of John Brown, a Fugitive Slave, Now in England Mr name is John Brown. How I came to take it, I will explain in due time. When in Slavery, I was called Fed. Why I was so named, I cannot tell. I never knew myself bv any other name, nor always by that; for it is common for slaves to answer to any name, as it may suit the humour of the master. I do not know how old I am, but think I may be any age between thirty tive and forty. I fancy I must be about thirty seven or eight; as nearly as I can guess. I was raised on Betty Moore's estate, in Southampton County, Virginia, about three miles from Jeru adlt'ill Court house and the little Nottoway river. \1 v mother belonged to Betty Moore. Her name was Nunm'; but she was called Nanny. My father's name was Joe. He was owned by a planter named Benford, who livetl at Northamp ton, in the same State. I believe my father and his family t'e bred on Bcnferd's plantation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.