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A Century in Captivity: The Life and Trials of Prince Mortimer, a Connecticut Slave » (New Edition)

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Authors: Denis R. Caron
ISBN-13: 9781584655404, ISBN-10: 1584655402
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University of New Hampshire Press
Date Published: February 2006
Edition: New Edition

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Author Biography: Denis R. Caron

DENIS R. CARON is an attorney for a national title insurance company. He is the author of Connecticut Foreclosures, now in its fourth edition, and has written and lectured on many aspects of real property law.

Book Synopsis

The riveting reconstruction of an eighteenth-century slave's life and imprisonment

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments The Trial The Early Years The Will to Be Free The Codicils Probate The Appeal The Conviction Revisited To Newgate Early Newgate Mortimer, Prince Freedom Delayed The Counterfeiter The Bible Peddler Three and a Half Feet Moses and Amos Old Soldiers Acidum Arseniosum Postscript Notes Bibliographic Note Index

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