Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green: A Runaway Slave, from Kentucky, Containing an Account of His Three Escapes, in 1839, 1846, and 1848

LARGE PRINT EDITION MY father and mother were owned by Judge Charles Earle, of Queen Anne's County, Maryland, and I was born on the 24th of August, 1813. From eight to eleven years of age I was employed as an errand boy, carrying water principally for domestic purposes, for 113 slaves and the family. As I grew older, in the mornings I was employed looking after the cows, and waiting in the house, and at twelve years I remember being in great danger of. . . .