Narrative of My Escape from Slavery

Whipped, beaten, worked to death. Not many escaped this life.

But Moses Roper did.

When Roper was six he was separated from his mother as his father exchanged them for some other slaves.

Thus began a long period where Roper was passed from slave trader to slave trader because his almost-white complexion made him difficult to sell.

First published in 1848, this book is one of the most authentic accounts of an escape from slavery.