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Bond and free, or, Yearnings for freedom, from my Green Brier House : being the story of my life in bondage, and my life in freedom
- Title
- Bond and free, or, Yearnings for freedom, from my Green Brier House : being the story of my life in bondage, and my life in freedom / by Israel Campbell.
- Author
- Campbell, Israel.
- Publication
- Philadelphia : Published by the author, 1861.
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- Description
- 320 p. : port.; 18 cm.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
- Alternative Title
- Bond and free
- Yearnings for freedom, from my Green Brier House
- Subjects
- Campbell, Israel
- Slave rebellions __ Mississippi
- Enslaved persons > Mississippi > Biography
- Enslaved persons > Kentucky > Biography
- Enslaved persons > Biography
- Campbell, Israel > Portraits
- African American clergy > Biography
- Fugitive slaves > United States > Biography
- Black author
- African Americans > Biography
- African American Baptists > Clergy > Biography
- Slavery > Tennessee
- Slavery > Kentucky
- Slavery > United States
- Note
- At head of title: An autobiography.
- "Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1861, by Israel Campbell, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."--copyright statement, verso of title page.
- "C.E.P. Brinckloe & Co., printers."--printer statement, verso of title page.
- Frontispiece portrait signed: Stockton.
- Provenance (note)
- is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.
- Contents
- Preface -- Birth and early years -- Change and disappointment -- A change of life -- Another year, another change -- Marriage of my mother ; Another parting -- A change of masters ; Result -- Another New Year's Day -- Jail life -- New experiences -- Married ; Slavery -- Overseer ; The hog scrape -- Insurrection ; Result -- Religious experience -- My ministry -- Mechanic ; Visit my mother -- Preaching and working -- A chapter of troubles -- Arrest ; Imprisoned -- Fugitive ; My Green Brier House -- Northward journey ; Adventures -- Journeyings to the land of promise -- Across the river ; Journey through Illinois and Ohio -- Free ; Life in freedom -- Visit to Kentucky ; Result -- The Fugitive Slave Law ; Agent -- Education ; Beginning to see its advantages -- Election troubles ; Result -- My trade ; How it ended -- Another school ; Baptist convention ; Oberlin -- Unfortunate sale ; At Oberlin again -- Missionary ; Hear from Tennessee -- Pastoral charge ; Missionary labors -- Conclusion -- [Appendices].
- Call Number
- Sc Rare 326.92-C (Campbell, I. Bond and free)
- OCLC
- 9778914
- Author
- Campbell, Israel.
- Title
- Bond and free, or, Yearnings for freedom, from my Green Brier House : being the story of my life in bondage, and my life in freedom / by Israel Campbell.
- Imprint
- Philadelphia : Published by the author, 1861.
- Provenance
- Copy in Sc Rare 326.92-C (accession no. B526320) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Stockton, Frank R., 1834-1902, engraver.C.E.P. Brinckloe & Co., printer.Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Rare 326.92-C (Campbell, I. Bond and free)