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From Slave Cabin To Pulpit and Sketches Of Slave Life

Peter Randolph was born a slave in 1825 (?), was freed before the American Civil War, and became a clergyman in the Baptist tradition, dying in 1897. This is his 1893 autobiography. The latter third of the book is a slightly edited re-publication of a pamphlet he published in 1855 (so before the Civil War) entitled “Sketches Of Slave Life." This recording omits chapter fourteen of "From Slave Cabin To Pulpit" because it is only a several-pages-long list of friends of the author with no narrative. (4 hr 47 min)

Chapters

From Slave Cabin To Pulpit: Preface

From Slave Cabin To Pulpit: 1 Early Life

From Slave Cabin To Pulpit: 2 Freedom

From Slave Cabin To Pulpit: 3 In Boston

From Slave Cabin To Pulpit: 4 My Friends

From Slave Cabin To Pulpit: 5 Church Work

From Slave Cabin To Pulpit: 6 In A Virginia Pulpit

From Slave Cabin To Pulpit: 7 Religious Condition

From Slave Cabin To Pulpit: 8 Religion At The Close Of The War

From Slave Cabin To Pulpit: 9 A Distinction

From Slave Cabin To Pulpit: 10 Special Traits

From Slave Cabin To Pulpit: 11 In Many Fields

From Slave Cabin To Pulpit: 12 The Law

From Slave Cabin To Pulpit: 13 Retrospect

Sketches of Slave Life: Introductory Note by Samuel May, Jr.; 1. The System; 2…

Sketches of Slave Life: 3, Farms Adjoining Edloe’s Plantation

Sketches of Slave Life: 4. Overseers; 5. Customs Of The Slaves When One Of The…

Sketches of Slave Life: 6. Slaves On The Auction Block; 7. City And Town Slaves

Sketches of Slave Life: 8. Religious Instruction

Sketches of Slave Life: 9. Severing Of Family Ties; 10. Colored Drivers; 11.Me…