Greensbury Washington Offley
Greensbury Washington Offley | |
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| Born | December 18, 1808 Centerville, Maryland, US |
| Died | March 22, 1896 (aged 87) New Bedford, Massachusetts, US |
| Pen name | G. W. Offley |
| Occupation | Minister |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Autobiography, slave narrative |
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Greensbury Washington Offley (December 18, 1808 – March 22, 1896) was an American slave narrative author and minister. Born into slavery in Maryland and eventually freed, Offley wrote A Narrative of the Life and Labors of the Rev. G. W. Offley, a Colored Man, Local Preacher and Missionary (1859), one of only six slave narratives published in Connecticut.