Young Benjamin Holmes, a slave in Charleston, secretly taught himself to read. When his master flees Charleston, Ben and other slaves are sent to the slave prison to be resold. Someone bribed a guard to bring in a newspaper, and late at night, Ben reads Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation to his fellow slaves. A brief summary of the rest of Benjamin Holmes’ life follows the text.
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