Analysis Of A Slave's Adventure Towards Freedom By Peter Burner

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The slave narrative that I have read was “A slave’s adventure toward freedom: not fiction, but the true story of a struggles” by Peter Burner was telling his personal story of a slave who went and was fighting for his freedom. Peter Bruner has the opportunity to tell his experience and story of his life at Miami University. Peter Bruner was born in Winchester, Kentucky, in Clark County in the year of 1845. His master was John Bell Bruner, who at that point in time act fairly toward him. Peter master was a tanner with a partnership with his brother Joe Bruner. A tanner is the process of treating skins and hides of animals to produce

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