FIFTY YEARS IN CHAINS; OB. THE LIFE OP AN AMERICAN SLAVE. -MyGod! cansuchthingsbe? HastThounotsaidthatwhatsoeerisdone Untothyweakestandthyhumblestone, IuevendonetoThee?" WHITTIBB. DAYTON, PUBLISHED H. HOWARP STREET. 36 iKDIANAPOLia, IND.: ABHER ACOMPAKY. 1860. Enteredaccordingto Actof Congressintheyear1858,by H, DAYTON, In the Clerks Officeof the District Court of the United States fortho SouthernDistrictof]STew York. J. J. SFKD, PVUNTKK&STEHEOTYPEn, 43Centre-St.,N.Y. PREFACE. THE story which follows is true in every particular Responsible citizens of a neighboring State can vouch for the reality of the narrative. The language of the slave has not at all times been strictly adhered to, as a halfcentury of bondage unfitted him for literary work The subject of the story is still a slamby the laws of this country, and it would net be wise to revealhis name. M9019QO