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Contents Illustration List ix Preface xi Introduction 3 A Note on the Text 85 The Blind African Slave; Or, Memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, Nicknamed Jeffrey Brace 87 Appendix A: Deeds of Manumission Drawn by William Welch 185 Appendix B: Legal Documents Related to Jeffrey Brace’s Military Pension Application, 1818–1821 193 Appendix C: Documents related to Jeffrey Brace’s Land Transactions and Estate 217 Appendix D: A Brace Chronology 223 Bibliography 227 vii ...

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