# The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave

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- Authors: [John M. Thompson](https://www.bookquiver.com/john-b-thompson), [William L. Andrews](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-l-andrews), [Henry Louis Gates Jr](https://www.bookquiver.com/henry-louis-gates-jr)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2011-06-28

## Description

The unique narrative of a slave who fled to freedom and sailed aboard a whaling vessel John Thompson was born into slavery on a Maryland plantation in 1812. Originally published in 1856, The Life of...

## Editions

### The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-11-0153-532-5
- Published: 2011-06-28
- Language: en_US