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EBOOK BIOGRAPHY OF A SLAVE ***


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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.

1875.


PREFACE.
In publishing this book I hope to do good not only to my own race, but
to all who may read it. I am not a book-maker, and make no pretensions
to literary attainments; and I have made no efforts to create for myself
a place in the literary, book-making ranks. I claim for my book
truthfulness and honesty of purpose, and upon that basis it must succeed
or fail. The Biography of a Slave is called for by a very large number
of my immediate acquaintances, and, I am assured, will meet with such
reception as to justify the expense I have incurred in having it printed
and bound. To the members of the United Brethren Church, white as well
as colored, I look for help in the sale and circulation of my work, yet
I am satisfied I will receive commendable patronage from members of all
Christian churches everywhere.
The book is written in the narrative style, as being much better suited
to the tastes and capacities of my colored readers, and I have used
simple and plain English language, discarding the idiomatic and
provincial language of the southern slaves and ignorant whites,
expecting thereby to help educate the blacks in the use of proper
language.
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