The old faithful servant
Subtitle: life history of J.W. Holley : born and reared a slave : after freedom became a worker in the Master's vineyard
Contributors: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: African Americans; Biography; Slaves; Freed persons; African American evangelists; Prophecy; Christianity; Spiritual healing
Other titles: Life history of J.W. Holley; North American slave narratives.
Description: James W. Holley was born a slave in Sullivant County, Tennessee in 1848. Following the Civil War, Holley became a traveling preacher and in his short narrative, The Old Faithful Servant (1924), he claims to have traveled to 162 towns and cities, including many stops in Kentucky and Ohio. He also claims to have the gift of Divine healing, and his narrative includes examples of this, as well as the gift of prophesy. While the narrative is primarily an account of his life as an illiterate minister, Holley does mention a reunion he had with his brother, who died shortly thereafter, and his travels across the United States to California. Passages from the Bible are interspersed throughout the narrative as he seeks to teach about and illustrate his personal religious faith.
Notes: Title from electronic title page (viewed Mar. 9, 2004).

Tennessee State Library and Archives provided the text for the electronic publication of this title.

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection North American slave narratives.

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Transcribed from: The old faithful servant : life history of J.W. Holley : born and reared a slave : after freedom became a worker in the Master's vineyard. [Columbus, Ohio : Inskeep Print. Co.], 1924. 16 p.

Funding from the Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill supported the electronic publication of this title.

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