Download or read book Chains and Freedom: or, The Life and Adventures of Peter Wheeler, a Colored Man Yet Living written by C. Edwards Lester and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-13 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While many people over the course of early US history wrote about slavery, few of them did what Charles Edwards Lester did in "Chains and Freedom: or, The Life and Adventures of Peter Wheeler, a Colored Man Yet Living", that is, write an actual biography of a man who experienced slavery first-hand. Following the life of Peter Wheeler as he managed the harrowing transition from slave to sailor. The book is a seminal part of American history that has, thankfully, been salvaged from being lost to time.