The Life and Sufferings of Leonard Black, a Fugitive from Slavery

A first-person slave narrative recounts early separation from family, backbreaking labor, repeated physical abuse including branding and whipping, scant food and clothing, and sale of relatives; it traces the author's passage among several households, the cruelty of overseers and owners, spiritual reflection and conversion to Christianity, daring flight from bondage to secure freedom, and a later appeal to readers to support his pursuit of education and ministry. The account emphasizes endurance, moral critique of slaveholding Christian hypocrisy, and detailed scenes of everyday suffering under slavery.