Biography of a Slave

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. I was a slave, and was born in Atala County, Mississippi, near the town of Rockford, on the third day of March, 1833. My father and mothe...