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Samuel Ringgold Ward Amanda Hase Core 2 February 5, 2009 __Autobiography of A Fugitive Negro__ is about a man named Samuel R. Ward, who was born into slavery in Maryland and escaped with his mother to New Jersey. He tells about how he doesn't know for sure were he was born and he had to pritened he was born a free child like his baby brother was. This book also tells about some of the things that he has done in his life like how he was a school teacher and how he was a newspaper editor. This book also tells how Samuel was sent to jail after being caught by a pro-slave mob. When he was released he then tells of his exsperiance as a teacher and as a church priest.

Samuel Ringgold Ward (1817-1864) was known for the fact that he was on the run for almost his whole life. He was born a slave and his mother and him managed to escape and get to New Jersey. His mother was pregnant at this time so her newborn was a free child, and Samuel was not allowed to know were he was born and in not knowing he would not be able to give away the fact that he was a runaway. Although this probably left a void in his life not being able to know were it was he came from. This man became a priest in many churches after being released from his time in jail along with the fact that he was a teacher for a time, and he is mostly famous for the fact that he was one of the most important speaker of the anti-slavery speakers.

This man was a very important person because in the 1850's he made a speech talking about how he feels slavery is wrong and mentions the names of those who agreed with this statement for example Wm. H. Seward. He speaks of how he does not agree with Wm. H. with politics but when it comes to the freedom of slaves and freeing them from slaveholders he would agree with him because he is his "brother." This man stuck with what he believed and help make a difference in this world and he should be remembered for this. He also led two important white congregation, a Presbyterian church in South Butler, New York, and a congregationalist church in Cortland, New York. However after the Fugitive Slave Act passed in 1850 he moved to Canada and Europe to protest about slavery like he had done the first time. Then in 1855 he wrote the book __Autobiography of A Fugitive Negro__ tell of his achievements and all the things he went through as a child.

Samuel R. Ward did a great deal for colored people and was one of the many people who ended most slavery in the U.S. he also helped end most of it all over the world. This man was a great one because he stood up for what he believed in and never stopped fighting like most of the people we know today like Martin Luther King Jr. Samuel fought slavery everywhere around the world from U.S. to Canada, to Europe. Befor Samuel left the United States he was chosen to speak at the house of representatives to discuss his opinuon on black slavery. That is how he contributed in the world, by helping colored people.

I admire this man because if him and so many other people haden't stuck up for colored people then I would not have as many colored friends as I do now and because we might still have slaves if it worn't for him.

I think that this book gave an honest account on Samuel Ringgold Ward's life because it explains every little deatail of his life and Samuel was the one who wrote this book.