The blind African slave, or, Memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, nicknamed Jeffrey Brace

The blind African slave, or, Memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, nicknamed Jeffrey Brace

Memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, nicknamed Jeffrey Brace

Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 2004.

xvi, 244 p. ; 24 cm.

306.362 B858 2004

(OCoLC)54966234

Narrative originally transcribed, with commentary, by Benjamin F. Prentiss.|Originally published: St. Alban's, Vt. : Printed by Harry Whitney., 1810.|Contents: The blind African slave: or, memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, nicknamed Jeffrey Brace -- Deeds of manumission drawn by William Welch -- Legal documents related to Jeffrey Brace's military pension application, 1818-1821 -- Documents related to Jeffrey Brace's land transactions and estate -- A Brace chronology.|Born in West Africa around 1742, Jeffrey Brace was captured by slave traders at sixteen and shipped to Barbados, where he was sold. After fighting as an enslaved sailor in the Seven Years War, Brace was taken to Connecticut and sold again. Brace later enlisted in the Continental Army in hopes of winning his manumission. After military service, he was honorably discharged and was freed from slavery. In 1784, he moved to Vermont, the first state to make slavery illegal. There he married, bought a farm, and raised a family. Although literate, he was blind when he narrated his life story to an antislavery lawyer, Benjamin Prentiss. Brace died in 1827, a well-respected abolitionist. In this first new edition since 1810, Kari J. Winter supplements our knowledge of Brace's life and times with original documents and new material--Publisher.|Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-237) and index.|L2020M77

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