From slave cabin to pulpit
By: Peter Randolph ; edited by Paul D. Sporer.
Contributors: Sporer, Paul D.
Publisher: Anza Classics Library
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Chester, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
Subjects: Randolph, Peter, 1825?-1897.; African American Baptists -- Biography.; Baptists -- United States -- Clergy -- Biography.; African American clergy -- Biography.; Plantation life -- United States.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]) and index.
"Originally published in 1893 by James H. Earle, Boston." -- Verso, t.p.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Autobiography; title: Early life; title: Freedom; title: In Boston; title: My friends; title: Church work; title: In a Virginia pulpit; title: Religious condition; title: Religion at the close of the war; title: A distinction; title: Special traits; title: In many fields; title: The law; title: Retrospect; title: Part II: Sketches of slave life; title: The system; title: Slaves on the plantation; title: Farms adjoining Edloe's plantation; title: Overseers; title: Customs of the slaves; title: The auction block; title: City and town slaves; title: Religious instruction; title: Severing of family ties; title: Colored drivers; title: Mental capacity of the slave; title: The blood of the slave.