Contents.

[ PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR ]

[ INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR ]

[ INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL ]

[ I. Childhood ]

[ II. The New Master And Mistress. ]

[ III. The Slaves’ New Year’s Day. ]

[ IV. The Slave Who Dared To Feel Like A Man. ]

[ V. The Trials Of Girlhood. ]

[ VI. The Jealous Mistress. ]

[ VII. The Lover. ]

[ VIII. What Slaves Are Taught To Think Of The North. ]

[ IX. Sketches Of Neighboring Slaveholders. ]

[ X. A Perilous Passage In The Slave Girl’s Life. ]

[ XI. The New Tie To Life. ]

[ XII. Fear Of Insurrection. ]

[ XIII. The Church And Slavery. ]

[ XIV. Another Link To Life. ]

[ XV. Continued Persecutions. ]

[ XVI. Scenes At The Plantation. ]

[ XVII. The Flight. ]

[ XVIII. Months Of Peril. ]

[ XIX. The Children Sold. ]

[ XX. New Perils. ]

[ XXI. The Loophole Of Retreat. ]

[ XXII. Christmas Festivities. ]

[ XXIII. Still In Prison. ]

[ XXIV. The Candidate For Congress. ]

[ XXV. Competition In Cunning. ]

[ XXVI. Important Era In My Brother’s Life. ]

[ XXVII. New Destination For The Children. ]

[ XXVIII. Aunt Nancy. ]

[ XXIX. Preparations For Escape. ]

[ XXX. Northward Bound. ]

[ XXXI. Incidents In Philadelphia. ]

[ XXXII. The Meeting Of Mother And Daughter. ]

[ XXXIII. A Home Found. ]

[ XXXIV. The Old Enemy Again. ]

[ XXXV. Prejudice Against Color. ]

[ XXXVI. The Hairbreadth Escape. ]

[ XXXVII. A Visit To England ]

[ XXXVIII. Renewed Invitations To Go South. ]

[ XXXIX. The Confession. ]

[ XL. The Fugitive Slave Law. ]

[ XLI. Free At Last. ]

[ APPENDIX. ]