Biography of a Slave, Being The Experiences Of Rev. Charles Thompson, A Preacher Of The United Brethren Church, while a Slave in the South. Together With Startling Occurrences Incidental To Slave Life.

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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
Charles Thompson, born in Atala County, Mississippi — Division of Kirkwood's slaves among his six Children — The writer and his two sisters fall to Mrs. Wilson — The parting between mother and child — Deprived of a fond mother forever — Old Uncle Jack — Wilson buys Uncle Ben from Strucker — Uncle Ben runs away and is hunted with blood-hounds — Two hundred dollars reward.
CHAPTER II
Not sent to hell by Wilson — Mrs. Wilson protects me, to whom I belong — Sent to school with the children — The school-children teach me to read and write — What came of it — Mount that mule or I'll shoot you — I mounted the mule — A start for the railroad to work — I dismount and take to the woods — I owe allegiance to God and my country only.
CHAPTER III
Caught, tried, and taken back home to James Wilson — My mistress saves me from being whipped — I go to the railroad and work one month precisely — Go back home — Wilson surprised — Left the railroad at 3 o'clock A.M. — Did not want to disturb Leadbitter's rest — Sent to Memphis with a load of cotton — Afraid of the slave-pens and slave-auction — Start for home — Not sold — Pray, sing, and shout — Get home and ordered to hire myself out.
CHAPTER IV
Start out on my travels to hunt a new master — Find Mr. Dansley — Hire to him — Thirty dollars per month for my master and five dollars for myself — Wilson astonished — Appointed superintendent of Dansley's farm — Rules and regulations — Peace and tranquillity — My moral labors successful — Prayer and social meetings — Meetings in the woods — Quarrel and fight like very brothers — Time comes to be moved to another field of labor.
CHAPTER V
James Wilson comes along — Wants me to go with him to Saulsbury, Tennessee, to help build a house for a grocery-store — Takes me along with him — Wilson taken sick — I take care of him — He gels well — I make another attempt to escape from slavery — What came of it.
CHAPTER VI
Was hired to Mr. Thompson, and adopted his name — Opened regular meetings, and preached on the plantation and other places — Took unto myself a wife — Was purchased by Thompson, duly installed on the plantation, and invested with authority — Various means and plans resorted to by the overseer to degrade me in the eyes of Mr. Thompson — Driven, through persecution, to run away — Return back to my master.