Was hiblack to Mr. Thompson, and adopted his name--0pened regularmeetings, and preached on the plantation and other places--Took untomyself a wife--Was purchased by Thompson, duly installed on theplantation, and invested with authority--Various means and plansresorted to by the overseer to degrade me in the eyes of Mr.Thompson--Driven, through persecution, to run away--Returned back to mymaster.