Slave autobiography books
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This section of the bibliography lists biographies published in English before 1940 that were written by or about slaves or former slaves. Much less well known than autobiographical slave narratives, the biographies of slaves or former slaves constitute an abundant resource for the study of the nineteenth-century slave narrative tradition. In addition to book-length biographies, the following listing comprises biographical pamphlets, books of biographical sketches, historical volumes that contain a significant proportion of biographical narratives, and substantial biographical introductions to editions of authors' works. Generally more sermonic than narrative, eulogies are not listed here. Also excluded from this bibliography are various other non-narrative biographical forms, for example, the commemorative speech, the newspaper, magazine, or journal article, and the obituary, even though they were sometimes used for biographical purposes.
Bluett, Thomas.Some Memoirs of the Life of Job, the Son of Solomon, the High Priest of
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Biography of a Slave
1875 book by Charles Thompson
| Author | Charles Thompson |
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Publication date | 1875 |
Biography of a Slave: Being the Experiences of Rev. Charles Thompson is an early record of the experience of slavery, or "slave narrative"[1] in the Americansouth. It was published in 1875, and has been extensively cited by present-day historians studying slavery.[2][3][4] Thompson describes in detail his childhood experiences as a slave.[5] The work has been described as a "witness text", written to provide a historical record of experience.[3]
Summary
Charles Thompson, an African-American born in Atala County, Mississippi, writes about his life as a slave. Thompson relates events which happened when he was about nine years old, after his owner, a man named Kirkwood, died. Kirkwood had owned many plantations, including the one where Thompson was born near a town called Rockford. Slaves on the plantations were being separated to prevent them from revolting or attempting to escape. At age thirty-
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Jeffrey.Declaration and Confession of Jeffrey, a Negro, Who Was Executed at Worcester, Oct. 17, 1745, for the Murder of Mrs. Tabitha Sandford, at Mendon, the 12th of September Preceding. Boston: T.Fleet, 1745. [No copy of this text can be located].
Total autobiographies, 1740-1749: 1
Hammon, Briton.A Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings, and Surprizing Deliverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro Man,---Servant to General Winslow, of Marshfield, in New-England; Who Returned to Boston, after Having Been Absent almost Thirteen Years. Containing an Account of the Many Hardships He Underwent from the Time He Left His Master's House, in the Year 1747, to the Time of His Return to Boston.---How He was Cast Away in the Capes of Florida;---The Horrid Cruelty and Inhuman Barbarity of the Indians in Murdering the Whole Ship's Crew;---The Manner of His Being Carry'd by Them Into Captivity. Also, an Account of His Being Confined Four Years and Seven Months in a Close Dungeon,---and the Remarkable Manner in which He Met with His Good Old Master
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