From Slavery to Wealth: The Life of Scott Bond (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Formerly Enslaved Entrepreneur's Journey Through Reconstruction, Land, Labor, and Black WealthBy Daniel Arthur Rudd, Theophilus Bond
Length9h 58m
About this audiobook
From Slavery to Wealth: The Life of Scott Bond presents a richly layered life narrative tracing the passage from enslavement to economic independence in the postbellum South. Blending biography, testimonial history, moral exemplum, and entrepreneurial chronicle, the volume situates Scott Bond's rise within broader African American struggles for land, literacy, respectability, and civic agency. Its standout episodes of bondage, Reconstruction labor, land acquisition, and business success illuminate both individual perseverance and the structural challenges confronting formerly enslaved people. Daniel Arthur Rudd and Theophilus Bond bring complementary authority to this account: Rudd, a pioneering Black Catholic journalist and advocate, frames the narrative within traditions of racial uplift and public instruction, while Bond contributes intimate familial and historical knowledge. Together, their work aligns with late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century African American life writing, self-help literature, and community history, showing how personal achievement could become a collective argument for dignity, capability, and justice. This book is recommended for readers interested in slavery's aftermath, Black enterprise, Southern history, and African American autobiographical traditions. It offers a valuable opportunity to encounter multiple registers—memory, documentation, moral reflection, and social critique—within a single volume, fostering dialogue about freedom, wealth, labor, and historical remembrance.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir, Literary Classics
Length9 hrs 58 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 10, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1From Slavery to Wealth: The Life of Scott Bond (Annotated)
2Preface.
3Introduction.
4Scott Bond.
5Scott Bond's Mother Dies.
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6Starting a Negro School.
7Making a Slip Gap.
8Deer for Dinner.
9Sitting on a Snake.
10Scott Bond Moves to Madison.
11Scott Bond's First Merchandising.
12Scott Bond Pays His First Cash Rent.
13Scott Bond Buys His First Farm.
14Sale of the Allen Farm.
15A Crop of Artichokes.
16Scott Bond Swaps Fish for Meat.
17Brick for Allen Farm.
18Buys Back Old Home.
19Shows Boys the New Store.
20Scott Bond Visits Nashville, Tenn.
21Buys Half Section.
22Working for Nothing.
23Bear Story.
24An Offer of Wages.
25Scott Bond Hunts His Father.
26A Deal in Peas.
27Renting an Axe.
28Settling a Strike.
29Theophilus Bond Learns to Fire.
30The Difference.
31The Manner in which I Learned to Make Brick.
32Scott Bond Starts Housekeeping.
33Patterson, the Bear Hunter.
34Brick.
35The Slaves' Method of Secret Communication.
36Why Scott Bond has been Successful.
37Latent Forces.
38Learning the Meaning of a "Yankee Trick."
39Scott Bond in a Jim-crow Car.
40Scott's Friend Goes to Africa.
41A Race with the Stork.
42Scott Bond Finds Pot of Money.
43Scott Bond's Wife Finds can of Wealth.
44Builds Gin at Madison.
45Bad Crops.
46Finding Money.
47Scott Bond Builds a Concrete Store.
48Otto B. Rollwage.
49Handling Cottonseed with Different Oil Mills.
50A Trip to Kansas City.
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