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(NARRATIVES.) CHARLTON,

LEWIS.

“Lewis Charlton, 50 Years

in Bondage in Maryland, U.S.A., and

for 28 Years Suffered the Worst

Effects of Slavery.”

Carte-de-visite.

Dawlish, England: Chapman, circa 1884

[600/800]

A note in ink on the reverse of this card reads:

“Wednesday, February 20th, 1884. Friends

M.H. (Meeting House).” All carte-de-visites of

slaves are uncommon. A published account of

the life of Lewis Charlton came out in the

1870’s titled “A Sketch of the Life of Lewis

Charlton,” written by Edward Everett Brown.

Charlton’s life was terrible. While still in his

early teens, he was made to work in below

freezing weather at night, resulting in perma-

nent damage to his legs. He was then sold a

number of times, and even endured treatment

under Reconstruction almost as bad as his for-

mer bondage.

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(NARRATIVES.) GLENELG

(pseudonym)

Broken Shackles.

Illustrated.

8vo, original pictorial and blind-stamped cloth;

extremities lightly rubbed.

Toronto, 1889

[300/400]

FIRST EDITION

.

A fictionalized account based

on a real character, James Henson. This book

was reprinted in 1981 with an introduction by

Peter Meyler, but seems to have conflated James

Henson’s life with that of Josiah Henson,

another ex-slave who escaped to Canada.