"Fifty Years in Chains" is an autobiography of a fugitive slave,Charles Ball, where he describes his life as a slave under various masters and his service in the Chesapeake Bay Flotilla of the U.S. Navy under the command of Commodore Joshua Barney in the War of 1812. Charles Ball (1780 - unknown) was an enslaved African-American from Maryland who worked as a cook and sailor.According to his Autobiography his grandfather was a man from a noble African family who was enslaved and brought to Calvert County, Maryland around 1730.
- ISBN10 802733408X
- ISBN13 9788027334087
- Publish Date 15 October 2019
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country CZ
- Imprint e-artnow
- Format Paperback
- Pages 140
- Language English