Wallace Turnage

Wallace Turnage

Wallace Turnage (1846-1916) was an escaped slave who wrote a narrative that was published.

Biography

He was born in North Carolina, and was the son of a fifteen-year old slave and a white man. He was sold multiple times and made repeated attempts to run away, and succeeded. He lived in New York and New Jersey, working as a waiter, janitor, glass blower and finally as a watchman. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Wallace Turnage |url=http://www.hstg.org/index.cgi/1621 |quote= |publisher=Hstg |date= |accessdate=2007-12-06 ]

His manuscript was passed on to his daughter, Lydia Turnage Connolly (1885-1984). After her death, it was another 20 years before it was published.

External links

* [http://www.hstg.org/index.cgi/1621 Wallace Turnage] at Hstg

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