Peter Bruner

Peter Bruner
Peter Bruner with his wife, about 1919.
Bornc. 1845
Clark County, Winchester, Kentucky
DiedApril 6, 1938 (aged 93)
Oxford, Ohio
Occupations
  • Slave
  • soldier
  • custodian
  • author
Known forA Slave's Adventures Toward Freedom Not a Fiction, but the True Story of a Struggle
SpouseFrances Proctor

Peter Bruner (c. 1845 – April 6, 1938) was born a slave in Kentucky. He escaped enslavement to join the Union Army during the Civil War. After the war, he married and raised a family in Ohio. Collaborating with his daughter, he published his autobiography.