Born into slavery in Camden County, North Carolina, Moses Grandy worked the canal boats and swamp landings of the region and saved, again and again, to buy himself, only to be cheated of the money by the men who held him. Free at last, he set out to ransom his wife and children; this account was published in London in 1843 to raise the funds.
A short, unsparing slave narrative, essential reading alongside Douglass and Equiano. Download the free EPUB.