Samuel Ringgold Ward

Samuel Ringgold Ward Samuel Ringgold Ward (October 17, 1817 – ) was an African American who escaped enslavement to become an abolitionist, newspaper editor, labor leader, and Congregational church minister.

He was author of the influential book ''Autobiography of a Fugitive Negro: his anti-slavery labours in the United States, Canada and England'', written after his speeches throughout Britain in 1853. It enabled him to raise funds for the Anti-Slavery Society of Canada, where many escaped slaves from the USA were arriving in the 1850s. Provided by Wikipedia
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    London : John Snow, 1855.
    1 online resource (xii, 412 pages) : portrait.
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    London : J. Snow, 1855.
    xii, 412 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm.

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