Slavery and Abolitionism Pamphlet

Slavery and Abolitionism Pamphlet

Books--Georgia
Slaves--Georgia
African American authors--Georgia
Slave narratives--Georgia
Slaves' writings--Georgia
African American abolitionists--Georgia
Slavery--United States--History
Slaves--Georgia--Social conditions--19th century
Pamphlets--Georgia

Image of the cover of Harrison Berry's book Slavery and Abolitionism as Viewed by a Georgia Slave, published in Atlanta, Georgia in 1861. This forty-six-page pamphlet was Berry's principal antebellum publication.
Berry, a literate slave artisan from middle Georgia, was the only black Georgian known to have written publicly about slavery while still in bondage. Born in 1816 on the Jones County plantation of David Berry, Harrison received reading instruction from his master's children and was, in his own judgment, reared "under auspicious circumstances." Nonetheless, in many respects his life as a slave was fairly typical: despite his literacy, he worked as a field hand and a craftsman, and he had three different owners before emancipation.

Berry, Harrison. Slavery and Abolitionism as Viewed by a Georgia Slave. Atlanta: Franklin Printing House, Wood, Hanleiter, Rice and co., 1861.

1861

From Slavery and Abolitionism as Viewed by a Georgia Slave, by H. Berry.

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