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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.