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Narrative of My Escape from Slavery Moses Roper This book is about a slave with a half-white mother and a white father. He was born in North Carolina and missed death in the first few days of his life. His mother's mistress wanted to kill him because he was the son of his mother's slave master. She went to his mother's room at night with a knife but his Grandmother saved his life.

Not to long after that he and his mother were sold. When he was about six or seven years old his mothers old master died which lead to all the saves being divided between the children. He was sent to his father's wife's brother-in-law; this separated him from his mother. The way they were divided was that different names of the slave's were written on a piece of paper and put into a box. Then the children would all draw from the box and see whom they get. He was then sent hundreds of miles away from his mother to the southern states of America.

He caused this being sold to a negro trader. The Trader, Mr. Mitchell, was selling a lot of slaves on the way down south but found it hard to sell him. He was a lot whiter then the other slaves which was a problem. This resulted to him being sent to Mr. Seed who he stayed with for a year.

He also had a hard time selling him. He was finally sold to a man named Dr. Jones who was a Doctor and Cotton Planter. He was taught to mix medicines and sent to the cotton plantation. He also did work in the doctor's home. A few months after he was then sold to a man named Mr. Smith. He was then about twelve years old.

For the next eight years he would be sold to many different traders in many different places. After many trades, a man named Mr. Gooch who lived in Ca shaw County, South Carolina, now owned him. HE was immediately set to the cotton plantation to work. Mr. Gooch gave him bread and meat for allowance. That still wasn't half enough for him to live on. He was giving hard labor with made him think of his fellow-slaves.

HE became tired of the work and tried to run away. He was caught by a trader and set to Lancaster Gaol. Here slaves advertise for their masters to own them. If the master does not claim them they are sold for Gaol fees. That wasn't his last attempt on running away. He tried several other times but was always getting caught.

Known run-away's would get a more vicious beating. Each time he got caught he got 100 floggings with a whip to his back. He was giving even harder work like cutting down trees in swamps and wasn't getting the allowance he used to get. He ran away once again and made it to a river that he had to cross.

HE got across and ran through a forest for about 15 miles with no food. He knew where he was going and how to get there. He was in search of his mother that was kept and a small lodge with her children and husband. When he finally reached her she didn't recognize him at all.

He started telling her things that only she would now. His mother then started to cry and held her son for the first time in ten years. She told him that every day she that about her first child and dreamed of them reuniting. She introduced him to her husband who knew about the stories of him.

The husband gave him a hug and a kiss. They let him stay there but he couldn't be seen by any of the masters. In the daytime he would stay in the woods to prevent himself from being seen. When the night came he would sleep with his family in the small lodge.

This continued for a week until he was surrounded by a group of white men with pistols that took him to a near by Gaol. His master was contacted and was sent to get him. When he made it back to the master's plantation he was chained around his neck, ankles, and wrists, which were chained to a metal rod. He was then giving 50 floggings each by Mr. Gooch's children, 50 by his wife, and 50 By Mr. Gooch him self.

He was also thrown into a underground dungeon for a day or two. He didn't attempt to run away again for about 5 months and he also did all of his work he was giving. During all of that he was chained at his neck and at his feet. One day when the sons weren't keeping an eye out on him, He unhooked a horse from its chaise and tried to escape on the horse. He got pretty far before a swifter and fast horse caught up to him.

The sons yelled at him and told him to stop more than three times. In law if told to stop three times and you haven't seized your self, they are allowed to fire at you. The first shot missed and he kept on riding. One of the sons on the horse got next to him and knocked him off the horse in front of an old ladies house. They beat him for a very long time 'till the lady begged for them not to kill him. They took him back to the plantation where Mr. Gooch fed him a lot of food.

He did this intentionally so he wouldn't die when he beat him later. After his beating he was chained with very large chains and iron shackles. Then was beat again by the whole family. They threw a pale of water on to him to wash off the heavy blood that leaked out of him. The next day he was chained neck to neck with a female slave. They discussed about running away which they did hours later.

They headed off to the woods and found a small canoe at a riverbank. They crossed the river with great trouble and danger but made it to the other side. When they reached there they found a home where a black man was living. They begged for food and a place to sleep for the night. Before bed they found a stone they could use to cut off the chains that conjoin them. The stayed at this spot of about a week until they female and him parted ways on the journey for freedom.

He started going toward Lancaster where he knew a few slaves there. His intentions were to get some food from them. When he reached there some dogs there caught his scent and the master came out with rifle and apprehended him. He was sent to the Lancaster Gaol where Mr. Gooch's sons came and got him. They chained him again to the horse and made him walk along side them on the horses.

At the plantation he was giving his worse torture to date. He was tied to a very long rope that was attached to a horse that walked forward raising him up into the air. Mr. Gooch would beat him whiles he hangs. Gooch gave him a five-minute break and then repeated the process.

Then he was thrown into to a small coffin sized box for about ten minutes. He was then given 40-pound chains to wear for his actions. He stayed with Mr. Gooch for along time with no attempts in escaping. A year after that he was sold to a man named Marcus Rowland. Mr. Rowland used him as a servant that greased the faces of blacks so they can be sold. He and the slaves he was with were treated kindly and fed pretty well.

Since that he was the master's servant he made sure that the others slaves were dressed well and taking care of. He was then traded for a female servant not to long after. He fell into the hands of a very mean man named Mr. Register. Not long after he escaped from him and traveled very far to meet a man with a steamboat. He gave him six cents to take him across river, which he did. He ran through many woods and many streams.

He finally made it to the Chattahoochee River that divided Florida from Georgia. He found a ferryboat that couldn't take the swiftness of the currant pushing down steam for many miles. He landed on the Georgian side and proceeded to maneuver through the woods for two or three miles. He found a farm to sleep at for the night and start his journey again the next day.

Through the woods all he lived off was fruits and water. He was now headed to Savannah on a road named the Coffee road. He traveled on this road for many days before walking through the woods again. He ran into a double-set of rivers that he had to cross. He crossed the rivers where they met as one with a ferryboat.

Across the rivers he met some cattle drovers with he tricked in to getting a passport from. He had told them that he had lost his passport, coat and hat. He asked the lady that was there if she could write him a new passport so that he could enter into Savannah. She said she couldn't but her son can because he can write. He told the son what to write and soon he had a passport. He told the people that he was half-white and half-Indian.

They believed him because of his curly hair. He was eleven miles away from Savannah. He was scared to walk threw it because it was the greatest slave-holding city in America. Also people there are always looking for a run away slave. He made no stops in the city and went straight to the Dock. He got on the vessel five minutes after he arrived at the Dock.

The vessel he was on was headed toward Poughkeepsie that is off of the Hudson River. During the ship ride over there he became one of the Captains assistance. After about a day he got seasick which stuck around for five more days. One of the sailors was obligated to take his place. He was way to weak to do any task on the ship.

On the sixth day of the trip they arrived at Poughkeepsie. Being in this new world he for the first time felt free. He quickly obtained employment at an inn and then quickly caught cholera. His living off nothing but fruits caused this. The landlord of the inn set his daughter to take care of him. She treated him with medicines with revived him to his original self.

But before that the landlord himself kicked him out of the inn because of his crying and moaning. He slept at the bank of the river below the city that night. The evening of the next day he took a steamboat to Albany to look for a job. He couldn't find a job and was again living of fruit. He then left Albany and went to Vermont to stay. People here were hospitable, kind, and very much opposed to slavery.

He thought he was safe here so he told some people about his past. Two guys heard that he had a reward out for is return. The first people he met there let him no about this and told him to leave before he gets caught. He ran away to a town named Ludlow where he met a kind friend. This friend sent him to school for several weeks and found him a home with the deacon at the Ludlow church. From there he went to Boston and found a job as an assistant in a shop for several weeks.

While at this shop to men came in the store and asked someone there if they have seen anyone that might be a possible run-away slave. News of this sent him to New York with he lived in secret. He heard of a the ship Napoleon sailing to England on November 11th. He reached there on November 29th. He had never felt this feel ever. He met a Dr. Raffles who excepted him into his church where he stayed for the night.

He remained there for several days the headed to London December 12th. He met friends that gave him a place to stay. He now was attending schools, which taught him a little of English education. He became part of another church where he felt comfortable. He believes that England is "The Land of the Free" and is free now. He is now able to breathe without suffering.