# The life of John Thompson, a fugitive slave Author: Thompson, John, 1812-1860 Genre: Category: Biographies Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70985 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+life+of+John+Thompson%2C+a+fugitive+slave+Thompson&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary It would be an unprecedented act to send into the world a work of the magnitude of this volume, without a preface; and I am glad to avail myself of the opportunity, which custom not only allows but prescribes, to say something of the work before you. Its history is as follows: It was suggested to me about two years since, after relating to many the main facts relative to my bondage and escape to the land of freedom, that it would be a desirable thing to put these facts into permanent form. I first sought to discover what had been said by other partners in bondage once, but in freedom now, and from what States they came. I found many of my brethren from other and remote States, had written... ## Chapters - [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-life-of-john-thompson-a-fugitive-slave-70985/chapters/3/index.md) - [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-life-of-john-thompson-a-fugitive-slave-70985/chapters/5/index.md) - [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-life-of-john-thompson-a-fugitive-slave-70985/chapters/6/index.md) - [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-life-of-john-thompson-a-fugitive-slave-70985/chapters/4/index.md) - [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-life-of-john-thompson-a-fugitive-slave-70985/chapters/2/index.md) - [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-life-of-john-thompson-a-fugitive-slave-70985/chapters/7/index.md) - [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-life-of-john-thompson-a-fugitive-slave-70985/chapters/1/index.md) - [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-life-of-john-thompson-a-fugitive-slave-70985/chapters/8/index.md) - [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-life-of-john-thompson-a-fugitive-slave-70985/chapters/9/index.md)