Sketches of slave life : from slave cabin to the pulpit /
"This book is the first anthology of the autobiographical writings of Peter Randolph, a prominent nineteenth-century former slave who became a black abolitionist, pastor, and community leader. Randolph's story is unique because he was freed and relocated from Virginia to Boston, along with...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Morgantown :
West Virginia University Press,
2016.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Regenerations ;
v. 5. |
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| Summary: | "This book is the first anthology of the autobiographical writings of Peter Randolph, a prominent nineteenth-century former slave who became a black abolitionist, pastor, and community leader. Randolph's story is unique because he was freed and relocated from Virginia to Boston, along with his entire plantation cohort. A lawsuit launched by Randolph against his former master's estate left legal documents that corroborate his autobiographies. Randolph's writings give us a window into a different experience of slavery and freedom than other narratives currently available and will be of interest to students and scholars of African American literature, history, and religious studies, as well as those with an interest in Virginia history and mid-Atlantic slavery"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 309 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781943665044 1943665044 9781943665051 1943665052 |