{"product_id":"2940014729307","title":"Biography of a Slave, Being The Experiences Of Rev. Charles Thompson, A Preacher Of The United Brethren Church, while a Slave in the South. Together With Startling Occurrences Incidental To Slave Life.","description":"This edition features\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003eCharles Thompson, born in Atala County, Mississippi — Division of Kirkwood's slaves among his six Children — The writer and his two sisters fall to Mrs. Wilson — The parting between mother and child — Deprived of a fond mother forever — Old Uncle Jack — Wilson buys Uncle Ben from Strucker — Uncle Ben runs away and is hunted with blood-hounds — Two hundred dollars reward.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II\u003cbr\u003eNot sent to hell by Wilson — Mrs. Wilson protects me, to whom I belong — Sent to school with the children — The school-children teach me to read and write — What came of it — Mount that mule or I'll shoot you — I mounted the mule — A start for the railroad to work — I dismount and take to the woods — I owe allegiance to God and my country only.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III\u003cbr\u003eCaught, tried, and taken back home to James Wilson — My mistress saves me from being whipped — I go to the railroad and work one month precisely — Go back home — Wilson surprised — Left the railroad at 3 o'clock A.M. — Did not want to disturb Leadbitter's rest — Sent to Memphis with a load of cotton — Afraid of the slave-pens and slave-auction — Start for home — Not sold — Pray, sing, and shout — Get home and ordered to hire myself out.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV\u003cbr\u003eStart out on my travels to hunt a new master — Find Mr. Dansley — Hire to him — Thirty dollars per month for my master and five dollars for myself — Wilson astonished — Appointed superintendent of Dansley's farm — Rules and regulations — Peace and tranquillity — My moral labors successful — Prayer and social meetings — Meetings in the woods — Quarrel and fight like very brothers — Time comes to be moved to another field of labor.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V\u003cbr\u003eJames Wilson comes along — Wants me to go with him to Saulsbury, Tennessee, to help build a house for a grocery-store — Takes me along with him — Wilson taken sick — I take care of him — He gels well — I make another attempt to escape from slavery — What came of it.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI\u003cbr\u003eWas hired to Mr. Thompson, and adopted his name — Opened regular meetings, and preached on the plantation and other places — Took unto myself a wife — Was purchased by Thompson, duly installed on the plantation, and invested with authority — Various means and plans resorted to by the overseer to degrade me in the eyes of Mr. Thompson — Driven, through persecution, to run away — Return back to my master.","brand":"VolumesOfValue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070842421488,"sku":"2940014729307","price":1.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014729307_p0.jpg?v=1763614386","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014729307","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}