Excerpt, Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings and Surprizing Deliverance of Briton Hammon

Alternative Title

Excerpt, A Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings, and Surprizing Deliverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro Man, Servant to General Winslow, of Marshfield, in New-England; who Returned to Boston, After having been Absent almost Thirteen Years. Containing an Account of the Many Hardships He Underwent from the Time he Left his Master's House, in the Year 1747, to the Time of his Return to Boston - How He was Cast away in the Capes of Florida; the Horrid Cruelty and Inhuman Barbarity of the Indians in Murdering the Whole Ship's Crew; The Manner of his Being Carry'd by them into Captivity. Also, an Account of his being Confined Four Years and Seven Months in a Close Dungeon; And the Remarkable Manner in which he Met with his Good Old Master in London; who Returned to New-England, A Passenger, in the Same Ship

Author

Briton Hammon
Gail Busjahn

Files

Publication Date

January 1747

Time Period

1747-1760

Abstract

"In his Narrative of the Uncommon Suffering (1747-1760), Briton Hammon recounts a series of remarkable confinements and escapes, before returning to servitude under his captor General John Winslow. While sailing from Massachusetts to Jamaica, Hammon’s ship wrecks off 'Cape Florida,' where the enslaved African lives among natives for five weeks."

Keywords

Slavery, Captivity, Shipwrecks

Extent

6 pages

Language

English

Media Type

Excerpts

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

EVF_0039

Type

Article

Creative Commons

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Hammon, Briton and Busjahn, Gail, "Excerpt, Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings and Surprizing Deliverance of Briton Hammon" (1747). Early Visions Bucket. 39.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/early_visions_bucket/39