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Moses Grandy (c. 1786 – unknown) was an African-American author, abolitionist, and, for more than the first four decades of his life, an enslaved person. At eight years of age he became the property of his white playmate, James Grandy, and two years later he was hired out for work. The monies Moses earned were collected and held until James Grandy turned 21. Moses helped build the Great Dismal Swamp Canal and learned how to navigate boats. It was that skill that led him to be made commander of several boats that traveled the canal and Pasquotank River, transporting merchandise from Elizabeth City, North Carolina, to Norfolk, Virginia. The position allowed him to be better fed, shod, and dressed. Able to keep a portion of his earnings, Moses arranged to buy his freedom twice and twice his o

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rdfs:label	Moses Grandy (en)
rdfs:comment	Moses Grandy (c. 1786 – unknown) was an African-American author, abolitionist, and, for more than the first four decades of his life, an enslaved person. At eight years of age he became the property of his white playmate, James Grandy, and two years later he was hired out for work. The monies Moses earned were collected and held until James Grandy turned 21. Moses helped build the Great Dismal Swamp Canal and learned how to navigate boats. It was that skill that led him to be made commander of several boats that traveled the canal and Pasquotank River, transporting merchandise from Elizabeth City, North Carolina, to Norfolk, Virginia. The position allowed him to be better fed, shod, and dressed. Able to keep a portion of his earnings, Moses arranged to buy his freedom twice and twice his o (en)
foaf:name	Moses Grandy (en)
name	Moses Grandy (en)
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birth place	Camden, North Carolina
birth place	Camden, North Carolina (en)
dcterms:subject	People who wrote slave narratives Year of death missing People from Camden County, North Carolina African-American writers Abolitionists from Boston 18th-century American slaves 19th-century American male writers American slave owners 1786 births Activists from North Carolina African-American abolitionists Black slave owners in the United States
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Camden, North Carolina Camden County, North Carolina Providence, Rhode Island People who wrote slave narratives Arable land Virginia State Route 165 Year of death missing Elizabeth City, North Carolina George Thompson (abolitionist) London Slave narrative Slavery Slavery in the United States People from Camden County, North Carolina Pasquotank River African-American writers Treatment of slaves in the United States War of 1812 Abolitionism in the United States Abolitionists from Boston Norfolk, Virginia North Carolina Pasquotank County, North Carolina Hilling 18th-century American slaves 19th-century American male writers American slave owners Abolitionism 1786 births Activists from North Carolina African-American abolitionists Chesapeake Bay Black slave owners in the United States Portsmouth, Virginia Great Dismal Swamp Lunsford Lane Moses Roper dbr:File:Narrative_of_the_life_of_Moses_Grandy_-_formerly_a_slave_in_the_United_States_of_America_(IA_narrativeoflifeo1844gran).pdf dbr:Wiktionary:coffle
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/grandy/menu.html http://www.oxfordaasc.com/article/opr/t0001/e1485
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