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Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, formerly a Slave in the United States of America
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First published May 1, 2009
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February 5, 2023
An excellent true story about a man's heroic struggle for freedom. Learned about this book on The 700 Club.
October 12, 2025
Great historical book!
Moses Grandy is my 8th great-grandfather. I often visited Norfolk as a child to see my relatives. The Grandy’s are very big on family, which was beautiful to see as a military brat with no roots. Reading this book helped me discover the roots I was looking for. I’m honored to be part of this family. Moses Grandy preserved during persecution during the most horrific part of American history.
Moses Grandy is my 8th great-grandfather. I often visited Norfolk as a child to see my relatives. The Grandy’s are very big on family, which was beautiful to see as a military brat with no roots. Reading this book helped me discover the roots I was looking for. I’m honored to be part of this family. Moses Grandy preserved during persecution during the most horrific part of American history.
February 26, 2024
📙Published in 1844.
🟢The e-book version can be found at Project Gutenberg.
🟣 Kindle.
🖍️ Informative, interesting, and enlightening accounts from a former American slave.
🔲 Excerpts of note:
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🟢The e-book version can be found at Project Gutenberg.
🟣 Kindle.
🖍️ Informative, interesting, and enlightening accounts from a former American slave.
🔲 Excerpts of note:
🔸 Whatever profit may be obtained by the sale of this book, and all donations with which I may be favored, will be faithfully employed in redeeming my remaining children and relatives from the dreadful condition of slavery. NOTE. I have paid the following sums to redeem myself and relatives from slavery, viz:
For my own freedom, . $1,850
For my wife's " 300
For my son's " 450
Grandchild's " .400
To redeem my kidnapped son, 60
————$3,060
I now wish to raise $100 to buy the freedom of my sister Mary, who is a slave at Elizabeth City, N.C. Her master says he will take that sum for her. M.G. Boston, Jan. 19, 1844.
🔹 I am partial to picnics—the spreading of the cloth in the woods or beside a stream—although I am not avid for sandwiches unless hunger press me. Rather, let there be a skillet in the company and let a fire be started! My name is Moses Grandy. I was born in Camden county, North Carolina. I believe I am fifty-six years old. Slaves seldom know exactly how old they are; neither they nor their masters set down the time of a birth; the slaves, because they are not allowed to write or read, and the masters, because they only care to know what slaves belong to them. The master, Billy Grandy, whose slave I was born, was a hard-drinking man; . . . .
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November 18, 2025
I read this book as part of my graduate thesis research. It is a stunning and infuriating account of one enslaved man's attempts to free himself and his family from bondage. It revealed much about the processes of self-hire, hiring out, and freedom seeking, all of which informed my historical writing. Grandy's tale is one of unending self-reliance and devotion, and one that should encourage us to recognize the brutality, deceit, and evil of American slavery. I would recommend it to my friend Stella and my Grandfather.
June 8, 2018
Another Piece of History
This is an interesting narrative, as the writer had to a.) Buy himself three (count it) THREE TIMES. b.) His narrative was written with the hopes that the profits could be used to buy another of his family out of slavery. c.) The ins and outs of treatment of 'free' blacks are also discussed in detail.
This is an interesting narrative, as the writer had to a.) Buy himself three (count it) THREE TIMES. b.) His narrative was written with the hopes that the profits could be used to buy another of his family out of slavery. c.) The ins and outs of treatment of 'free' blacks are also discussed in detail.
May 1, 2019
A great read. Snatching back one's humanity!
The desire to be free, trumps the fear of trying! The human spirit can overcome evil people and systems. Resist Resist!
The desire to be free, trumps the fear of trying! The human spirit can overcome evil people and systems. Resist Resist!
June 23, 2020
Sobering
I’m so grateful he was able to tell his story. It’s a humbling, eye-opening experience. I hope after all the trauma, he was able to find peace.
I’m so grateful he was able to tell his story. It’s a humbling, eye-opening experience. I hope after all the trauma, he was able to find peace.
May 12, 2010
Los cinco primeros capítulos merecen leerse y aprehender algo.
Buena parte de todo lo demás, llámese polígrafo, experimentos en la policía israelí y el Watergate parece de relleno.
Y tal vez lo sea.
El apéndice puede servir como un buen ayudamemoria.
El Dr Ekman merece mejor suerte en sus ediciones españolas.
Buena parte de todo lo demás, llámese polígrafo, experimentos en la policía israelí y el Watergate parece de relleno.
Y tal vez lo sea.
El apéndice puede servir como un buen ayudamemoria.
El Dr Ekman merece mejor suerte en sus ediciones españolas.
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