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‘I had five different owners in 18 years’: New book features the story of John Jacobs, who fled slavery and denounced American tyranny
Category: Government & Organizations
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2024-07-18 08:00:00
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After fleeing slavery in 1839, abolitionist, miner and sailor John Swanson Jacobs embarked on a journey that would take him to Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and ultimately Australia. It was there that he published his life story in a local newspaper – a unique document that not only gave an account of his experience under enslavement, […]

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