Sketches Of Slave Life

Negotiating Freedom : Writing the Emancipated Narrative -- Sketches of Slave Life, First Edition -- Sketches of Slave Life, Second Edition -- From Slave Cabin to the Pulpit -- Appendix -- Chronology

Sketches of Slave Life by Peter Randolph is a collection of Randolph's essays on the humanity of slaves as well as details of the everyday lives of slaves. Randolph writes with a passionate urgency that shows the perspective of abolitionists in the United States a decade before the 13th amendment. Excerpt: "The good Anti-Slavery men have very much to contend with, in their exertions for the cause of freedom. Many people will not believe their statements; call them unreasonable and fanatical. Some call them ignorant deceivers, who have never been out of their own homes and yet pretend to a knowledge of what is going on a thousand miles from them. Many call them dangerous members of society, sowing discord and distrust where there should be naught but peace and brotherly love. My Readers! give attention to the simple words of one who knows what he utters is truth; who is no stranger to the beauties of slavery or the generosity of the slaveholder. Spend a few moments reading his statement concerning the system of American slavery."

A firsthand account of the horrors of slavery in America. Peter Randolph, a former slave, shares his experiences and sheds light on the inhumanity and injustice of the institution. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from Sketches of Slave Life: Or, Illustrations of the 'Peculiar Institution' IN giving the following sketches or slave life to the public, the writer hepes that, whatever may be their literary defects, they will help to increase the sympathy now so widely felt for the poor crushed and perishing slaves in this land - a land most untru ly styled the home of the free and the brave. He has known what it is to be a slave; and now that he has been set free, it is the ruling desire of his heart to do something, however feeble it may be, towards efi'ect ing the emancipation of the millions of his afflicted brethren, who are still held in the galling chains of bondage at the South. Remembering that he has never had any education, except such as he has been able to pick up for himself, the readers of this little work (especially in view of its object) will kindly overlook such errors of style as may be found in it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Negotiating Freedom : Writing the Emancipated Narrative -- Sketches of Slave Life, First Edition -- Sketches of Slave Life, Second Edition -- From Slave Cabin to the Pulpit -- Appendix -- Chronology