Useful Links
Charles ball Biography
https://www.nps.gov/people/charles-ball.htm Biography + Primary Source Excerpts from Charles Ball, The Life of an American Slave (1859) https://spartacus-educational.com/USASball.htm |
Primary Sources
Difficult History Project: Teaching with Primary Sources Excerpt (pages 115-119) from the autobiography of Charles Ball, a man from Maryland who was held in captivity at a cotton plantation in Congaree, South Carolina. Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball. https://education.umd.edu/difficult-history-project-teaching-primary-sources Charles Ball's narrative: Fifty Years in Chains https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3h508t.html Slavery in the United States: A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Charles Ball,New York: Published by John S. Taylor, 1837. https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/ballslavery/menu.html |