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The Narrative of Lunsford Lane, Formerly of Raleigh, N.C. Embracing an account of his early life, the redemption by purchase of himself and family from slavery, and his banishment from the place of his birth for the crime of wearing a colored skin

Lane, Lunsford, 1803-1879

Enslaved persons' writings, AmericanEnslaved persons -- North Carolina -- BiographyAfrican Americans -- North Carolina -- Biography

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