A Slave's Adventures Toward Freedom (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) by Peter Bruner (9781409980711)
Peter Bruner Release Date: 01 September 2009 Format: Paperback Pages: 56 Category: People Of Color Publisher: Dodo Press ISBN: 9781409980711 ISBN-10: 1409980715
Peter Bruner (1845-1938) was born a slave in Clark County, Kentucky, and after enduring years of corporal punishment he finally escaped in 1864 and enlisted in the United States Colored Troops. Following his discharge from the Union Army, Bruner came to Oxford in 1866 where he would live the rest of his life. While raising five children with his wife Fannie Procton, Bruner held the distinction of working for Western Female Seminary, Oxford College and Miami University.