Sketches of slave life, or, Illustrations of the 'peculiar institution'
By: by Peter Randolph
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: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: African Americans; Biography; Slaves; Plantation life; History; Social life and customs; Social conditions; Slavery; Slave trade; Religious life; Religion; Slaves' writings, American
Other titles: Sketches of slave life; Illustrations of the 'peculiar institution'; North American slave narratives.
Notes: Title from electronic title page.

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: Sketches of slave life, or, Illustrations of the 'peculiar institution' / by Peter Randolph, an emancipated slave. Boston : published for the author, 1855. 35 p.

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Table of contents: title: The blood of the slave; title: Slaves on the auction-block; title: Slaves on the plantation: Colored drivers ; Customs of the slaves, when one of their number dies ; House slaves ; Deception of the slaveholder ; Food and clothing ; The hours for work ; How the slaves contrive to get food ; Flogging ; Overseers ; My own history ; Sabbath and religious meetings ; My parents ; The sufferings of Christ; title: "Where is thy brother!" / by Mrs. E.L. Follen.