Sketches of slave life : from slave cabin to the pulpit / Peter Randolph ; edited by Katherine Clay Bassard.

"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 entir...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Randolph, Peter, 1825?-1897 (Author)
Other Authors: Bassard, Katherine Clay, 1959-
Language:English
Published: Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Regenerations ; v. 5.
Subjects:
Randolph, Peter, > 1825?-1897.
Enslaved persons > Virginia > Biography.
Plantation life > Virginia > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Virginia > History > 19th century.
Freed persons > Massachusetts > Boston > Biography.
African American clergy > Biography.
African American Baptists > Biography.
Baptists > United States > Clergy > Biography.
African American abolitionists > Biography.
African American civic leaders > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American.
African American abolitionists.
African American Baptists.
African American civic leaders.
African American clergy.
Baptists > Clergy.
Freed persons.
Plantation life.
Slavery.
Enslaved persons.
Massachusetts > Boston.
United States.
Virginia.
1800 - 1899
History.
Genre:
Biography.
History.
Physical Description:xvii, 309 pages ; 22 cm.
Variant Title:
Sketches of slave life.
From slave cabin to the pulpit.
Format: Book

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