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100 1 _aDavis, Noah,
_d1804?-
245 1 2 _aA Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, A Colored Man :
_bWritten by Himself, At The Age of Fifty-Four
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2006
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2006-12-03
508 _aProduced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Library of Congress)
520 _a"A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, A Colored Man" by Noah Davis is a poignant autobiography written in the mid-19th century. This biography chronicles the life experiences of Davis, an African American who navigated the brutal realities of slavery, his quest for freedom, and his journey towards becoming a preacher. The book serves not only as a personal account of Davis's life but also highlights themes of faith, resilience, and the struggle against systemic oppression. In his narrative, Noah Davis recounts his early life as a slave in Virginia, illustrating the influence of his pious parents on his personal beliefs and values. As he gains freedom for himself and part of his family, he details the challenges he faces, including financial struggles in his mission work and the pain of maintaining family ties while separated from his loved ones. Interwoven throughout are his deep faith and religious convictions, which motivated him to preach and serve his community. The narrative culminates in his efforts to raise funds to free the remaining members of his family from slavery, illustrating both the personal and communal impacts of his life’s work within the larger context of the African American struggle for freedom in a pre-Civil War America. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aDavis, Noah, 1803 or 1804-
653 _aSlavery -- United States -- Personal narratives
653 _aFreed persons -- Maryland
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20005
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