Project Gutenberg 2022-11-18 Public domain in the USA. 193 Watson, Henry 13026814 Narrative of Henry Watson, a fugitive slave $aUnited States :$bBela Marsh,$c1848. Wikipedia page on this work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrative_of_Henry_Watson,_A_Fugitive_Slave hekula03 and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Library of Congress) "Narrative of Henry Watson, a Fugitive Slave" by Henry Watson is a firsthand account and autobiographical narrative written in the mid-19th century. The book details the author’s life as an enslaved person in Virginia, highlighting his harrowing experiences of capture, treatment, and eventual escape from the confines of slavery. It captures the oppressive environment of slavery, depicting the brutal realities faced by countless enslaved individuals during this period of American history. In his narrative, Watson recounts his childhood as a slave, the traumatic separation from his mother, and the horrifying realities of slave auctions where human beings were treated as commodities. He provides a raw and vivid illustration of the grievous abuses inflicted upon slaves by their masters and overseers, detailing his experiences of cruelty, punishment, and the longing for freedom which intensified as he witnessed the sufferings of his fellow slaves. Watson’s journey to freedom unfolds against the backdrop of a life marked by hardship, resilience, and the ultimate quest for dignity and freedom, culminating in his escape with the help of sympathetic individuals and his subsequent life as a free man in the Northern states. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://www.loc.gov/item/92838849/ 20190408051159watson 1848 US Reading ease score: 71.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Slavery -- Mississippi Enslaved persons -- Mississippi -- Social conditions E300 Text Category: Biographies Category: History - American 111097 2025-09-27T10:50:24.394431 text/html 86851 2024-10-19T01:59:14 text/html 1272309 2025-09-27T10:50:28.091372 application/epub+zip 1270632 2025-09-27T10:50:25.737449 application/epub+zip 296037 2025-09-27T10:50:24.905412 application/epub+zip 1961836 2025-09-27T10:50:29.856368 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1948316 2025-09-27T10:50:27.447363 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 93017 2025-09-27T10:50:24.177390 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 72998 2024-10-19T01:59:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15696 2025-09-27T10:50:29.985361 application/rdf+xml 20454 2025-09-27T10:50:25.167367 image/jpeg 2844 2025-09-27T10:50:25.055407 image/jpeg 1334547 2025-09-27T10:50:24.425389 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog