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Blind African slave, or memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, nicknamed Jeffrey Brace

Winter, Kari J2004

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Summary

Subject: The biography of Jeffery Brace (real name Boyrereau Brinch) who was captured in West Africa around 1742 and transported to Barbados as a slave. The book is Brace's own account of his life, as he narrated it to Benjamin Prentiss, an antislavery lawyer.

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Main title:

Blind African slave, or memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, nicknamed Jeffrey Brace

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Work:

Blind African slave, or memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, nicknamed Jeffrey Brace

Edition:

1st ed

Imprint:

Wisconsin 2004 University of Wisconsin Press

Collation:

244p

Series title:

Wisconsin studies in autobiography series

ISBN:

0299201406

Dewey class:

HI.3.03WIN

Local class:

HI.3.03/WIN

Language:

English

BRN:

1840398

Bookmark link:

https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1840398