Sketches of Slave Life and from Slave Cabin to Pulpit (Regenerations)

Randolph, Peter/ Bassard, Katherine Clay (EDT)

University of Delaware Press（2026/02発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 327 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781644533857

Full Description

This book is the first anthology of the autobiographical writings of Peter Randolph, a prominent nineteenth-century former slave who became a Black abolitionist, pastor, and community leader. Randolph's story is unique because he was freed and relocated from Virginia to Boston, along with his entire plantation cohort. A lawsuit launched by Randolph against his former master's estate left legal documents that corroborate his autobiographies.

Randolph's writings give us a window into a different experience of slavery and freedom than other narratives currently available and will be of interest to students and scholars of African American literature, history, and religious studies, as well as those with an interest in Virginia history and mid-Atlantic slavery.

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Preface
Introduction "Negotiating Freedom: Writing the Emancipated Text"

Sketches of Slave Life, First Edition

Sketches of Slave Life, Second Edition

From Slave Cabin to the Pulpit

Appendix
Chronology
Selected Bibliography
Notes