| 词条 | Biography of a Slave |
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SummaryCharles Thompson, an African-American born in Atala County, Mississippi, writes about his life as a slave. Thompson relates events which happened when he was about nine years old, after his owner, a man named Kirkwood, died. Kirkwood had owned many plantations, including the one where Thompson was born near a town called Rockford. Slaves on the plantations were being separated to prevent them from revolting or attempting to escape. At age thirty-seven his mother died. Ben, his uncle, hid from his owners so he could stay with his wife. He evaded the bloodhounds and even the owners walking through the cabin to try to find him when he was just hiding in a hind passage close to his wife. He finally surrendered when his owner agreed that he could be with his wife on an other plantation. Thompson goes on to describe his life as an adult slave, including being hired out to other plantations and teaching Christianity to his fellow slaves. The authorCharles Thompson was born near a town called Rockford, on March 3, 1833. His family belonged to a man named Kirkwood, a large slave owner with many different plantations. Thompson later became a preacher in the United Brethren Church.[6] References1. ^"The African-American Experience in Ohio, 1850-1920". Classroom materials at the Library of Congress website. 2. ^{{cite book|author=Sylviane A. Diouf|title=Slavery's Exiles: The Story of the American Maroons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rBM3AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA365|date=17 January 2014|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=978-0-8147-2438-5|pages=365–}} 3. ^1 {{cite book|author=Joe Lockard|title=Watching Slavery: Witness Texts and Travel Reports|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LBR-24YnVs4C&pg=PA199|year=2008|publisher=Peter Lang|isbn=978-0-8204-9541-5|pages=148 and 199}} 4. ^{{cite book|author=J. Gordon Melton|title=A Will to Choose: The Origins of African American Methodism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPBT2N1CoboC&pg=PA297|date=1 January 2007|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-7425-5265-4|pages=297–}} 5. ^"Reading Narratives: Mississippi's First Black Autobiography". Black Magnolias, Volume 1 No. 4 6. ^{{cite book|author=J. Blaine Hudson|title=Encyclopedia of the Underground Railroad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1P0JBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA272|date=3 March 2006|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-2459-7|pages=272–}} External links
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