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Story of Ben Brown

 

100-year-old Ex-Slave of Ottowa, KS

 

 

Story of Ben Brown

Author: Ben Brown

"Yes suh I wuz a slave in Vaginyah, Alvamaul (Albermarle) county an' I didn't have any good life, I'm tellin' you dat! It wuz a tough life. I don't know how old I am, dey never told me down dere, but the folks here say I'm a hunderd yeah old an' I spect dats about right. My fathah's name wuz Jack Brown and' my mammy's Nellie Brown. Dey wuz six of us chillun, one sistah Hannah an' three brothers, Jim, Harrison, an' Spot. Jim wuz de oldes an' I wuz next. We wuz born on a very lauge plantation an dey wuz lots an' lots of other slaves, I don't know how many. De log cabins what we live in was on both sides de path make it look like a town.

Read Ben Brown's story of his life in this book.

 

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 Print Book Reading Level:  6.4    Words: 1451   Pages: 8     Size: 332K   

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