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Moses Roper, b. 1815
Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper, from American Slavery. With an Appendix, Containing a List of Places Visited by the Author in Great Britain and Ireland and the British Isles; and Other Matter.
Berwick-upon-Tweed: Published for the author and printed at the Warder Office, 1848.

THE AUTHOR HANGING BY HIS HANDS TIED TO A COTTON SCREW.*

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Illustration

Subjects:
  • Drawings.
  • African American slaves--Punishment & torture.
  • Cotton machinery.