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.




BIOGRAPHY OF A SLAVE.

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CHAPTER I.

Charles Thompson, born in Atala County, Mississippi--Division of