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Bond And Free - Yearnings For Freedom
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This is the autobiography of Israel S. Campbell, also called the "Father of Black Texas Baptists." Campbell was born a slave in Kentucky and was sold to several owners in the Ohio Valley during the first twenty years of his life. He converted to the Baptist Church and fled to Canada. Later he spent twenty-four years in Texas, where his sermons are still famous today.
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Bond And Free
Or, Yearnings For Freedom
Israel Campbell
Contents:
Bond And Free
Preface
Chapter I. Birth And Early Years.
Chapter II. Change And Disappointment.
Chapter III. A Change Of Life.
Chapter IV. Another Year--Another Change.
Chapter V. Marriage Of My Mother--Another Parting.
Chapter VI. A Change Of Masters--Result.
Chapter VII. Another New Year's Day.
Chapter VIII. Jail Life.
Chapter IX. New Experiences.
Chapter X. Married--Slavery.
Chapter XI. Overseer--The Hog Scrape.
Chapter XII. Insurrection--Result.
Chapter XIII. Religious Experience.
Chapter XIV. My Ministry.
Chapter XV. Mechanic--Visit My Mother.
Chapter XVI. Preaching And Working.
Chapter XVII. Chapter Of Troubles.
Chapter XVIII. Arrest--Imprisoned.
Chapter XIX. Fugitive--My Green Brier House.
Chapter XX. Northward Journey--Adventures.
Chapter XXI. Journeyings To The Land Of Promise.
Chapter XXII. Across The River--Journey Through Illinois And Ohio.
Chapter XXIII. Free--Life In Freedom.
Chapter XXIV. Visit To Kentucky--Result.
Chapter XXV. The Fugitive Slave Law--Agent.
Chapter XXVI. Education--Beginning To See Its Advantages.
Chapter XXVII. Election Troubles--Result.
Chapter XXVIII. My Trade--How It Ended.
Chapter XXIX. Another School--Baptist Convention--Oberlin.
Chapter XXX. Unfortunate Sale--At Oberlin Again.
Chapter XXXII. Pastoral Charge--Missionary Labors.
Conclusion.
Appendix.
[A.] Naturalization Certificate.
[B.] Notary Public's Certificate.
[C.] Pastoral Recommendations.
[D.] Certificate Of Sandusky City Baptist Church.
[E.]
[F.]
[G.] A Poem On Baptism.
[H.]
[I.] Song Of Martyrs.
[J.] Form Of Celebrating Marriages.
[K.] Missionary Reports.
[L.]
[M.]
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Bond And Free
Preface
DEAR READER, I ask your attention to the contents of a book, that you may see and understand what the title-page intends to convey to your mind when it says, "Bond and Free." It is not my theoretical views upon any system or institution,--not a panegyric upon the advantages of freedom, or a denunciation of those who hold human beings in bondage. God, in His good Providence, would not permit such to be, without some great design was intended, nor does He sanction such as either lawful or right.
I was born a slave, saw both the bright and the gloomy sides of the institution, suffered its bitter sorrows and enjoyed its enervating pleasures. Something better, however, was intended for me; and, although I was doomed to drink of the bitter waters of Marah, and to pass through the dark valley of its desolation, I have been allowed to come into the promised land, and to enjoy the milk and honey with which it abounds.
But my mission is not yet finished. Three of my children are yet in the land, treading the wine-press and making bricks without straw. And as time rolls on, I see the oppressor's rod becoming heavier, and the shackles becoming tighter and tighter around them, and my heart yearns for them, and my prayers are often and earnest for their liberation.
Many ways have suggested themselves to my mind by which they might become free; but my mind revolts at any course that may not be considered right, and of which my conscience does not approve.
To go to their homes, and, under the plea of filial affection, instil into their minds a hatred of their masters, a disaffection to their homes and labor might be approved by many. But is it right? Would God approve of such hypocrisy in one whose mission is to preach peace and truth and submission to the powers that be. Besides, few know the danger, the suffering, or the peril of such a course until they have passed through its experiences. And I pray that my friends will never advise or urge such a plan while a better one remains open, and one which I think God has pointed out as the only just way.
Again, I might, by hard labor in some mechanical occupation, gain, after many years, enough to buy their freedom; but I have chosen the better part, and am endeavoring to free men, to the best of my poor ability, from the thraldom of sin and misery; and should I have preferred the former plan, their hairs might become gray while I was trying, and I would gain but three bodies from earthly bondage, while I may be instrumental, through God's blessing and your aid, of doing the same and rescuing many from the bondage of Satan. Which would you have me to do?
Or, again, I might traverse the land, and beg from charity and sympathy's purse the means by which they could be liberated; but methinks it would be given coldly, if not grudgingly, to so uncertain an object, and, in many instances, be denied altogether from a want of appreciation of my cause.
All such thoughts and plans as these have occurred to my mind; but a voice within has said, not my will, "A higher and better way I point thee to;" and I have answered, "Thy servant prayeth, What wilt Thou have me ...
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