A Narrative of the Life of Noah Davis: A Colored Man (1859) is an autobiographical account of the life of Noah Davis, an African American man who lived during the mid-19th century. The book is written in first-person and chronicles Davis' experiences growing up as a slave in Virginia, his escape to freedom, and his subsequent life as a free man in the North.Davis' story begins with his childhood on a plantation in Virginia, where he was born into...