Front matter
Reading edition
Transcriber's Note
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The cover image was produced by Jeroen Hellingman and has been placed into the public domain.
FIFTY YEARS IN CHAINS; OR, THE LIFE OF AN AMERICAN SLAVE.
"My God! can such things be? Hast Thou not said that whatsoe'er is done Unto thy weakest and thy humblest one, Is even done to Thee?"—Whittier.
New-York H. DAYTON, PUBLISHER 36 HOWARD STREET. Indianapolis, Ind.:—Asher & Company. 1860.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1858, by H. DAYTON, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
J. J. REED, PRINTER & STEREOTYPER, 43 Centre-St., N. Y.