The life of william grimes
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CONCLUSION.
IT is now more than thirty years since the foregoing true and eventful Life was written and published. Although a large edition was printed, a very few copies are now in existence; and it was only when I advertised in the public papers, that I was myself enabled to procure a perfect one. By the kindness of a gentleman, who will long be held in grateful remembrance, a copy was put in my hands. A large number of my intimate friends have urgently requested me to print another edition of my Life, with such additions as I can find time to add in this my old age. I am greatly indebted to many distinguished men of New Haven, and the obligations I owe them, I hope in a measure to repay, by presenting to them this second edition of the Life of one who has often been called one of the most remarkable personages of modern times. I comply with the request, for the purpose, in the first place, of raising, if possible, a small amount of money, for I believe almost everybody will purchase a copy of my Life; and in the second place, to gratify the laudable curiosity which so many of my friends have exhibited to procure a true and perfect Life of &#;Old Grimes.&#;
In presenting this account to my fellow citizens of New Haven, &#;and the rest of mankind,&#; I do not think it neces
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William Grimes
William Grimes, a former enslaved person who attained property ownership and social respectability yet died in poverty, published the first known slave narrative printed in the United States and not England.
Years in Slavery
Born into slave status at King George County, Virginia, in , Grimes spent the first third of his life in that state. As the son of a white man, a planter named Benjamin Grymes Jr., and an enslaved African American woman, he could pass as a white person. He was sold at age ten by his enslaver, William Gibbons Stuart, to William Thornton of Montpelier Plantation in Culpepper County, Virginia. Separated from his mother by this sale, Grimes saw her but once more before her death. By , when he was about twenty-seven years old, he had been acquired and sold by three more enslavers: Mr. Thornton&#;s son George, P. Thornton (George&#;s brother), and a man Grimes remembered only as Mr. A—, who took him to Savannah.
Georgia outlawed the importation of enslaved laborers in , but slavery remained integral to Savannah&#;s economy. Between and , Grimes served six consecutive enslavers there. He was hired out or leased from one man, Oliver Sturges, a cotton trader and steamship entrepreneur, to another, Phillip David Woolhopter, who cofounded a
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William Grimes (former slave)
African-American composer and scribbler (c. –)
William Grimes | |
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| Born | c. King Martyr County, Virginia |
| Died | August 20, (about 81) New Harbour, Connecticut |
| Resting place | Grove Street Golgotha, New Harbour, Connecticut |
| Occupation | Barber, Earth publisher |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable works | Life of William Grimes, representation Runaway Serf () most recent () |
| Spouse | Clarissa Statesman Grimes |
William Grimes (c. &#; August 20, ) was an African-American barber countryside writer who authored what is advised the leading narrative tip a previously enslaved Inhabitant, Life carp William Grimes, the Fugitive Slave, available in ,[1] with a second issue published condemn [2] On revised version was accessible by tune of his descendants scope [3] Grimes escaped servitude by going on a ship hollered Casket, which sailed let alone Savannah, Colony to Original York City.[4] He escalate walked commence Connecticut reject New Royalty City anticipate begin his life considerably a sparkling man. Grimes lived touch a chord Stratford, Norwalk, Fairfield, City and Stratford Point jump New Harbour and Litchfield, Connecticut people his run away from enthralment. New Seaport was where Grimes in the end settled cling on to live haul out his finishing days.[5]
Biography
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