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William Henry Singleton
William Henry Singleton
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Boy Runaway
Published on Jun 2, 2015Boy Runaway
William Henry Singleton was born into slavery in 1843 in New Bern, North Carolina, and ran away from his master several times. When he was only six or seven years old, he ran all the way from Atlanta to the North Carolina plantation where his mother lived. Singleton also resisted slavery by pretending to be ignorant, by hiding, and by assisting and serving in the Union Army.
Think about:
Think about:
- Distinguish covert from overt ways of resisting and provide examples of both
- List and discuss the various ways Singleton resisted slavery, including running away when he was a child
- Explain why covert slave resistance was much more common than overt resistance
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William Henry Singleton
Recollections of My Slavery Days
Recollections of My Slavery Days
Summary https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/singleton/summary.html
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" I have lived through the greatest epoch in history, having been born August 10, 1835, at Newbern, North Carolina. That was not so many years, you see, after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence and the winning of the Revolutionary War. But in the country of the Declaration of Independence I was born a slave, for I was a black man. And because I was black it was believed I I had no soul. I had no rights that anybody was bound to respect. For in the eyes of the law I was but a thing. I was bought and sold. I was whipped. Once I was whipped simply because it was thought I had opened a book...."
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