A Life in Chains (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. The Juneteenth Edition: Novels, Memoirs, Interviews, Testimonies, Studies, Official Records on Slavery and AbolitionismBy Frederick Douglass, Harriet E. Wilson, Harriet Jacobs, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mark Twain, Lydia Maria Child, William Wells Brown, Charles W. Chesnutt, James Weldon Johnson, Booker T. Washington

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A Life in Chains gathers foundational works that confront slavery, racial domination, and the struggle for self-possession in American letters. Moving among slave narrative, abolitionist fiction, sentimental protest, political autobiography, satire, realism, and early modern racial passing narratives, the volume traces how literature exposed bondage as both a material institution and a moral crisis. Its range—from scenes of captivity and flight to meditations on citizenship, education, and memory—reveals the breadth of antislavery and post-emancipation expression. The contributors represent some of the most consequential voices in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American culture: formerly enslaved authors, reformers, novelists, journalists, and public intellectuals whose writings shaped abolitionism, Reconstruction-era debate, and the emergence of African American literary tradition. Together, they illuminate the intertwined histories of resistance, witness, reform, and representation, showing how Black testimony and interracial advocacy challenged national myths while expanding the possibilities of American prose. This anthology is ideal for readers seeking a concentrated encounter with the literature of slavery and freedom. It offers a rare opportunity to study multiple perspectives and genres in conversation, deepening understanding of race, power, and narrative authority. Educational, moving, and historically indispensable, A Life in Chains invites sustained reflection on the enduring dialogue between literature and liberation. This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience. - An Introduction draws the threads together, discussing why these diverse authors and texts belong in one collection. - Historical Context explores the cultural and intellectual currents that shaped these works, offering insight into the shared (or contrasting) eras that influenced each writer. - A combined Synopsis (Selection) briefly outlines the key plots or arguments of the included pieces, helping readers grasp the anthology's overall scope without giving away essential twists. - A collective Analysis highlights common themes, stylistic variations, and significant crossovers in tone and technique, tying together writers from different backgrounds. - Reflection questions encourage readers to compare the different voices and perspectives within the collection, fostering a richer understanding of the overarching conversation.

Grief Family Identity Betrayal Psychological Historical Romance Hopepunk Political Intrigue

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1Introduction

716FAMILY FROM BALTIMORE

2Introduction

717ELIJAH HILTON FROM RICHMOND

3Historical Context

718SOLOMON BROWN ARRIVED PER CITY OF RICHMOND

4Synopsis (Selection)

719WILLIAM HOGG, ALIAS JOHN SMITH TRAVELER FROM MARYLAND

5Novels &amp; Novellas

720TWO FEMALE PASSENGERS FROM MARYLAND

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6Oroonoko; or, the Royal Slave (Aphra Behn) (pt. 1)

721CAPTAIN F. AND THE MAYOR OF NORFOLK TWENTY-ONE PASSENGERS SECRETED IN A BOAT. NOVEMBER, 1855

7Oroonoko; or, the Royal Slave (Aphra Behn) (pt. 2)

722ARRIVALS FROM DIFFERENT PLACES

8Uncle Tom&#x27;s Cabin: A Novel (Harriet Beecher Stowe)

723&quot;FLEEING GIRL OF FIFTEEN,&quot; IN MALE ATTIRE

9VOLUME I

724LETTER FROM J. BIGELOW, ESQ

10CHAPTER I In Which the Reader Is Introduced to a Man of Humanity

725SECOND LETTER FROM LAWYER BIGELOW

11CHAPTER II The Mother

726LETTER FROM THE MOTHER

12CHAPTER III The Husband and Father

727LETTERS FROM WILLIAM PENN

13CHAPTER IV An Evening in Uncle Tom’s Cabin

728FIVE YEARS AND ONE MONTH SECRETED

14CHAPTER V Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners

729ESCAPE OF JOHN HENRY HILL FROM THE SLAVE AUCTION IN RICHMOND, ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, 1853

15CHAPTER VI Discovery

730FIRST LETTER ON ARRIVING IN CANADA

16CHAPTER VII The Mother’s Struggle

731SECOND LETTER

17CHAPTER VIII Eliza’s Escape

732THIRD LETTER

18CHAPTER IX In Which It Appears That a Senator Is But a Man

733FOURTH LETTER

19CHAPTER X The Property Is Carried Off

734FIFTH LETTER

20CHAPTER XI In Which Property Gets into an Improper State of Mind

735SIXTH LETTER

21CHAPTER XII Select Incident of Lawful Trade

736SEVENTH LETTER

22CHAPTER XIII The Quaker Settlement

737EIGHTH LETTER

23CHAPTER XIV Evangeline

738NINTH LETTER

24CHAPTER XV Of Tom’s New Master, and Various Other Matters

739TENTH LETTER

25CHAPTER XVI Tom’s Mistress and Her Opinions

740ELEVENTH LETTER

26CHAPTER XVII The Freeman’s Defence

741TWELFTH LETTER

27CHAPTER XVIII Miss Ophelia’s Experiences and Opinions

742THIRTEENTH LETTER

28VOLUME II

743THE ESCAPE OF HEZEKIAH HILL (UNCLE OF JOHN HENRY HILL)

29CHAPTER XIX Miss Ophelia’s Experiences and Opinions Continued

744JAMES — (BROTHER OF JOHN HENRY HILL)

30CHAPTER XX Topsy

745FROM VIRGINIA, MARYLAND AND DELAWARE

31CHAPTER XXI Kentuck

746ARCHER BARLOW, ALIAS EMIT ROBINS

32CHAPTER XXII “The Grass Withereth — the Flower Fadeth”

747SAMUEL BUSH, ALIAS WILLIAM OBLEBEE

33CHAPTER XXIII Henrique

748JOHN SPENCER AND HIS SON WILLIAM, AND JAMES ALBERT

34CHAPTER XXIV Foreshadowings

749HETTY SCOTT ALIAS MARGARET DUNCANS AND DAUGHTER PRISCILLA

35CHAPTER XXV The Little Evangelist

750ROBERT FISHER

36CHAPTER XXVI Death

751HANSEL WAPLES

37CHAPTER XXVII “This Is the Last of Earth”

752ROSE ANNA TONNELL ALIAS MARIA HYDE

38CHAPTER XXVIII Reunion

753MARY ENNIS ALIAS LICIA HEMMIN

39CHAPTER XXIX The Unprotected

754&quot;SAM,&quot; &quot;ISAAC,&quot; &quot;PERRY,&quot; &quot;CHARLES,&quot; AND &quot;GREEN&quot;

40CHAPTER XXX The Slave Warehouse

755WILLIAM B. WHITE, SUSAN BROOKS AND WILLIAM HENRY ATKINS. — STOWED AWAY IN THE STEAMSHIP CITY OF RICHMOND

41CHAPTER XXXI The Middle Passage

756SUSAN BROOKS

42CHAPTER XXXII Dark Places

757WILLIAM HENRY ATKINS

43CHAPTER XXXIII Cassy

758FOUR ARRIVALS

44CHAPTER XXXIV The Quadroon’s Story

759FROM VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, DELAWARE, NORTH CAROLINA, WASHINGTON, D.C., AND SOUTH CAROLINA

45CHAPTER XXXV The Tokens

760CHARLES GILBERT

46CHAPTER XXXVI Emmeline and Cassy

761LIBERTY OR DEATH

47CHAPTER XXXVII Liberty

762SALT-WATER FUGITIVE

48CHAPTER XXXVIII The Victory

763FULL PARTICULARS OF THE ABDUCTION, ENSLAVING AND ESCAPE OF DAVIS. ATTEMPT TO SEDUCE HIM TO SLAVERY AGAIN

49CHAPTER XXXIX The Stratagem

764COPY OF FIRST ORDER OF COMMITMENT

50CHAPTER XL The Martyr

765COPY OF DISCHARGE

51CHAPTER XLI The Young Master

766COPY OF ORDER OF RE-COMMITMENT

52CHAPTER XLII An Authentic Ghost Story

767SAMUEL GREEN ALIAS WESLEY KINNARD, AUGUST 28th, 1854 TEN YEARS IN THE PENITENTIARY FOR HAVING A COPY OF UNCLE TOM&#x27;S CABIN

53CHAPTER XLIII Results

768AN IRISH GIRL&#x27;S DEVOTION TO FREEDOM

54CHAPTER XLIV The Liberator

769FIRST LETTER

55CHAPTER XLV Concluding Remarks

770SECOND LETTER

56Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)

771THIRD LETTER

57CHAPTER I.

772FOURTH LETTER

58CHAPTER II.

773&quot;SAM&quot; NIXON ALIAS DR. THOMAS BAYNE

59CHAPTER III.

774SUNDRY ARRIVALS

60CHAPTER IV.

775HEAVY REWARD

61CHAPTER V.

776SLAVE TRADER HALL IS FOILED

62CHAPTER VI.

777THE PROTECTION OF SLAVE PROPERTY IN VIRGINIA A BILL PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PROTECTION FOR THE SLAVE PROPERTY OF CITIZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH

63CHAPTER VII.

778ESCAPING IN A CHEST

64CHAPTER VIII.

779ISAAC WILLIAMS, HENRY BANKS, AND KIT NICKLESS MONTHS IN A CAVE, — SHOT BY SLAVE-HUNTERS

65CHAPTER IX.

780SEPTEMBER 28, 1856 ARRIVAL OF FIVE FROM THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND

66CHAPTER X.

781SUNDRY ARRIVALS, ABOUT AUGUST 1ST, 1855

67CHAPTER XI.

782DEEP FURROWS ON THE BACK THOMAS MADDEN

68CHAPTER XII.

783&quot;PETE MATTHEWS,&quot; ALIAS SAMUEL SPARROWS &quot;I MIGHT AS WELL BE IN THE PENITENTIARY, &amp;C

69CHAPTER XIII.

784&quot;MOSES&quot; ARRIVES WITH SIX PASSENGERS

70CHAPTER XIV.

785ESCAPED FROM &quot;A WORTHLESS SOT&quot; JOHN ATKINSON

71CHAPTER XV.

786WILLIAM BUTCHER, ALIAS WILLIAM T. MITCHELL &quot;HE WAS ABUSEFUL&quot;

72CHAPTER XVI.

787&quot;WHITE ENOUGH TO PASS&quot;

73CHAPTER XVII.

788ESCAPING WITH MASTER&#x27;S CARRIAGES AND HORSES HARRIET SHEPHARD, AND HER FIVE CHILDREN, WITH FIVE OTHER PASSENGERS

74CHAPTER XVIII.

789EIGHT AND A HALF MONTHS SECRETED WASHINGTON SOMLOR, ALIAS JAMES MOORE

75CHAPTER XIX.

790ARTHUR FOWLER, ALIAS BENJAMIN JOHNSON

76CHAPTER XX.

791SUNDRY ARRIVALS

77CHAPTER XXI.

792SUNDRY ARRIVALS ABOUT JANUARY FIRST, 1855

78CHAPTER XXII.

793SLAVE-HOLDER IN MARYLAND WITH THREE COLORED WIVES JAMES GRIFFIN ALIAS THOMAS BROWN

79CHAPTER XXIII.

794CAPTAIN F. ARRIVES WITH NINE PASSENGERS

80CHAPTER XXIV.

795OWEN AND OTHO TAYLOR&#x27;S FLIGHT WITH HORSES, ETC THREE BROTHERS, TWO OF THEM WITH WIVES AND CHILDREN

81CHAPTER XXV.

796HEAVY REWARD

82CHAPTER XXVI.

797CAPTAIN F. ARRIVES WITH FOURTEEN &quot;PRIME ARTICLES&quot; ON BOARD

83CHAPTER XXVII.

798SUNDRY ARRIVALS — LATTER PART OF DECEMBER, 1855, AND BEGINNING OF JANUARY, 1856

84CHAPTER XXVIII.

799PART OF THE ARRIVALS IN DECEMBER, 1855

85CHAPTER XXIX.

800THE FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL OF 1850 &quot;AN ACT RESPECTING FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE, AND PERSONS ESCAPING FROM THE SERVICE OF THEIR MASTERS&quot;

86CHAPTER XXX.

801THE SLAVE-HUNTING TRAGEDY IN LANCASTER COUNTY, IN SEPTEMBER, 1851 &quot;TREASON AT CHRISTIANA&quot;

87CHAPTER XXXI.

802WILLIAM AND ELLEN CRAFT FEMALE SLAVE IN MALE ATTIRE, FLEEING AS A PLANTER, WITH HER HUSBAND AS HER BODY SERVANT

88CHAPTER XXXII.

803ARRIVALS FROM RICHMOND LEWIS COBB AND NANCY BRISTER

89CHAPTER XXXIII.

804PASSENGERS FROM NORTH CAROLINA [BY SCHOONER]

90CHAPTER XXXIV.

805THOMAS CLINTON, SAUNEY PRY AND BENJAMIN DUCKET PASSED OVER THE U.G.R.R., IN THE FALL OF 1856

91CHAPTER XXXV.

806ARRIVALS IN APRIL, 1856

92CHAPTER XXXVI.

807FIVE FROM GEORGETOWN CROSS ROADS MOTHER AND CHILD FROM NORFOLK, VA., ETC

93CHAPTER XXXVII.

808PASSENGERS FROM MARYLAND, 1857 WILLIAM HENRY MOODY, BELINDA BIVANS, ETC

94CHAPTER XXXVIII.

809ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND

95CHAPTER XXXIX.

810ARRIVAL FROM WASHINGTON, D.C., etc., 1857 GEORGE CARROLL, RANDOLPH BRANSON, JOHN CLAGART, AND WILLIAM ROYAN

96CHAPTER XL.

811ARRIVAL FROM UNIONVILLE, 1857 ISRAEL TODD, AND BAZIL ALDRIDGE

97CHAPTER XLI.

812ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1857 ORDEE LEE, AND RICHARD J. BOOCE

98CHAPTER XLII.

813ARRIVAL FROM CAMBRIDGE, 1857

99CHAPTER THE LAST

814BENJAMIN ROSS, AND HIS WIFE HARRIET FLED FROM CAROLINE COUNTY, EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND, JUNE, 1857

100The Heroic Slave (Frederick Douglass)

815ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1857 WILLIAM JACKSON

101PART I

816ARRIVAL FROM DELAWARE, 1857 JOHN WRIGHT AND WIFE, ELIZABETH ANN, AND CHARLES CONNOR

102PART II

817ARRIVAL FROM ALEXANDRIA, 1857 OSCAR D. BALL, AND MONTGOMERY GRAHAM

103PART III

818THE ACTING COMMITTEE

104PART IV

819ARRIVAL FROM UNIONVILLE, 1857 CAROLINE ALDRIDGE AND JOHN WOOD

105Slavery&#x27;s Pleasant Homes (Lydia Maria Child)

820ARRIVAL FROM NEW ORLEANS, 1857 JAMES CONNER, SHOT IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BODY

106Slavery&#x27;s Pleasant Homes

821ARRIVAL FROM WASHINGTON, D.C HARRISON CARY

107The Quadroons

822ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1857 JOE ELLIS

108Charity Bowery

823ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND CHRISTOPHER GREEN AND WIFE, ANN MARIA, AND SON NATHAN

109The Emancipated Slaveholders

824ARRIVAL FROM GEORGETOWN CROSS-ROADS, 1857 LEEDS WRIGHT AND ABRAM TILISON

110Anecdote of Elias Hicks

825ARRIVAL FROM ALEXANDRIA WILLIAM TRIPLETT AND THOMAS HARPER

111The Black Saxons

826ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND HARRY WISE

112Jan and Zaida

827ARRIVAL FROM NORFOLK, VA ABRAM WOODERS

113Our Nig; or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, in a Two-story White House (Harriet E. Wilson)

828ARRIVAL FROM WASHINGTON, D.C GEORGE JOHNSON, THOMAS AND ADAM SMITH

114PREFACE

829FOUR ABLE-BODIED &quot;ARTICLES&quot; IN ONE ARRIVAL, 1857 EDWARD, AND JOSEPH HAINES, THOMAS HARRIS, AND JAMES SHELDON

115CHAPTER I MAG SMITH, MY MOTHER

830ARRIVAL FROM ARLINGTON, MD. 1857 JOHN ALEXANDER BUTLER, WILLIAM HENRY HIPKINS, JOHN HENRY MOORE AND GEORGE HILL

116CHAPTER II MY FATHER&#x27;S DEATH

831FIVE PASSENGERS, 1857 ELIZA JANE JOHNSON, HARRIET STEWART, AND HER DAUGHTER MARY ELIZA, WILLIAM COLE, AND HANSON HALL

117CHAPTER III A NEW HOME FOR ME

832ARRIVAL FROM HOWARD CO., MD., 1857 BILL COLE AND HANSON

118CHAPTER IV A FRIEND FOR NIG

833ARRIVAL FROM PRINCE GEORGE&#x27;S COUNTY, MD &quot;JIM BELLE&quot;

119CHAPTER V DEPARTURES

834ARRIVAL FROM RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, 1857 PASCAL QUANTENCE

120CHAPTER VI VARIETIES

835ARRIVAL FROM NORTH CAROLINA, 1857 HARRY GRIMES, GEORGE UPSHER, AND EDWARD LEWIS

121CHAPTER VII SPIRITUAL CONDITION OF NIG

836ALFRED HOLLON, GEORGE AND CHARLES N. RODGERS

122CHAPTER VIII VISITOR AND DEPARTURE

837ARRIVAL FROM KENT COUNTY, 1857 SAMUEL BENTON, JOHN ALEXANDER, JAMES HENRY, AND SAMUEL TURNER

123CHAPTER IX DEATH

838ARRIVAL FROM BALTIMORE COUNTY, 1857 ELIZABETH WILLIAMS

124CHAPTER X PERPLEXITIES. — ANOTHER DEATH

839MARY COOPER AND MOSES ARMSTEAD, 1857

125CHAPTER XI MARRIAGE AGAIN

840ARRIVAL FROM NEAR WASHINGTON, D.C JOHN JOHNSON AND LAWRENCE THORNTON

126CHAPTER XII THE WINDING UP OF THE MATTER

841HON. L. McLANE&#x27;S PROPERTY, SOON AFTER HIS DEATH, TRAVELS viâ THE UNDERGROUND RAIL ROAD. — WILLIAM KNIGHT, ESQ., LOSES A SUPERIOR &quot;ARTICLE&quot; JIM SCOTT, TOM PENNINGTON, SAM SCOTT, BILL SCOTT, ABE BACON, AND JACK WELLS

127APPENDIX

842ARRIVAL FROM HARFORD CO., 1857 JOHN MYERS

128Clotelle; or, The Colored Heroine, a tale of the Southern States (William Wells Brown)

843ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1857 WILLIAM LEE, SUSAN JANE BOILE AND AMARIAN LUCRETIA RISTER

129CHAPTER I THE SOUTHERN SOCIAL CIRCLE

844ARRIVAL FROM NORFOLK, VA. 1857 WILLIAM CARNEY AND ANDREW ALLEN

130CHAPTER II THE NEGRO SALE

845ARRIVAL FROM HOOPESVILLE, MD., 1857 JAMES CAIN, &quot;GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON,&quot; AND ANNA PERRY

131CHAPTER III THE SLAVE-SPECULATOR

846ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1858 GEORGE RUSSELL AND JAMES HENRY THOMPSON

132CHAPTER IV THE BOAT-RACE

847ARRIVAL FROM QUEEN ANN COUNTY, 1858 CATHARINE JONES AND SON HENRY, ETNA ELIZABETH DAUPHUS, AND GEORGE NELSON WASHINGTON

133CHAPTER V THE YOUNG MOTHER

848ARRIVAL FROM BALTIMORE ELIJAH BISHOP AND WILLIAM WILLIAMSON

134CHAPTER VI THE SLAVE-MARKET

849ARRIVAL FROM DUNWOODY COUNTY, 1858 DARIUS HARRIS

135CHAPTER VII THE SLAVE-HOLDING PARSON

850ARRIVED FROM ALEXANDRIA, VA., 1857 TOWNSEND DERRIX

136CHAPTER VIII A NIGHT IN THE PARSON’S KITCHEN

851ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1858 EDWARD CARROLL

137CHAPTER IX THE MAN OF HONOR

852ARRIVAL FROM PETERSBURG, 1858 JAMES MASON

138CHAPTER X THE QUADROON’S HOME

853ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND ROBERT CARR

139CHAPTER XI TO-DAY A MISTRESS, TO-MORROW A SLAVE

854ARRIVAL OF A PARTY OF SIX, 1858 PLYMOUTH CANNON, HORATIO WILKINSON, LEMUEL MITCHELL, JOSIAH MITCHELL, GEORGE HENRY BALLARD, AND JOHN MITCHELL

140CHAPTER XII THE MOTHER-IN-LAW

855ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1858 EBENEZER ALLISON

141CHAPTER XIII A HARD-HEARTED WOMAN

856ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1858 JOHN THOMPSON CARR, ANN MOUNTAIN AND CHILD, AND WILLIAM BOWLER

142CHAPTER XIV THE PRISON

857ARRIVAL FROM BALTIMORE, 1858 ROBERTA TAYLOR

143CHAPTER XV THE ARREST

858ARRIVAL FROM HIGHTSTOWN, 1858 ROBERT THOMPSON (A PREACHER)

144CHAPTER XVI DEATH IS FREEDOM

859ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1858 ALFRED S. THORNTON

145CHAPTER XVII CLOTELLE

860ARRIVAL FROM BELLEAIR JULIUS SMITH, WIFE MARY, AND BOY JAMES, HENRY AND EDWARD SMITH, AND JACK CHRISTY

146CHAPTER XVIII A SLAVE-HUNTING PARSON

861ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1858 JOHN WESLEY COMBASH, JACOB TAYLOR, AND THOMAS EDWARD SKINNER

147CHAPTER XIX THE TRUE HEROINE

862ARRIVAL FROM NEW MARKET, 1858 ELIJAH SHAW

148CHAPTER XX THE HERO OF MANY ADVENTURES

863ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1858 MARY FRANCES MELVIN, ELIZA HENDERSON, AND NANCY GRANTHAM

149CHAPTER XXI SELF-SACRIFICE

864ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1858 ORLANDO J. HUNT

150CHAPTER XXII LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT AND WHAT FOLLOWED

865ARRIVAL FROM NORFOLK, VA., 1858 WILLIAM MACKEY

151CHAPTER XXIII MEETING OF THE COUSINS

866ARRIVAL FROM NEAR BALTIMORE, 1858 HENRY TUCKER

152CHAPTER XXIV THE LAW AND ITS VICTIM

867ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1858 PETER NELSON. (RESEMBLED AN IRISHMAN)

153CHAPTER XXV THE FLIGHT

868ARRIVAL FROM WASHINGTON, 1858 MARY JONES AND SUSAN BELL

154CHAPTER XXVI THE HERO OF A NIGHT

869ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1858 WILLIAM CARPENTER

155CHAPTER XXVII TRUE FREEDOM

870ARRIVAL FROM THE OLD DOMINION NINE VERY FINE &quot;ARTICLES.&quot; LEW JONES, OSCAR PAYNE, MOSE WOOD, DAVE DIGGS, JACK, HEN, AND BILL DADE, AND JOE BALL

156CHAPTER XXVIII FAREWELL TO AMERICA

871ARRIVAL FROM DELAWARE, 1858 GEORGE LAWS AND COMRADE — TIED AND HOISTED WITH BLOCK AND TACKLE, TO BE COWHIDED

157CHAPTER XXIX A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND

872ARRIVAL FROM DELAWARE, 1858 JOHN WEEMS, ALIAS JACK HERRING

158CHAPTER XXX NEW FRIENDS

873ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1858 RUTH HARPER, GEORGE ROBINSON, PRISCILLA GARDENER, AND JOSHUA JOHN ANDERSON

159CHAPTER XXXI THE MYSTERIOUS MEETING

874ARRIVAL FROM NORTH CAROLINA AND DELAWARE &quot;DICK BEESLY&quot;,MURRAY YOUNG AND CHARLES ANDREW BOLDEN

160CHAPTER XXXII THE HAPPY MEETING

875ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND JOHN JANNEY, TALBOT JOHNSON, SAM GROSS, PETER GROSS, JAMES HENRY JACKSON, AND SAM SMITH

161CHAPTER XXXIII THE HAPPY DAY

876ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND BIRTH-DAY PRESENT FROM THOMAS GARRETT

162CHAPTER XXXIV CLOTELLE MEETS HER FATHER

877ARRIVAL FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 1858 REBECCA JACKSON AND DAUGHTER, AND ROBERT SHORTER

163CHAPTER XXXV THE FATHER’S RESOLVE

878ARRIVAL FROM HONEY BROOK TOWNSHIP, 1858 FRANK CAMPBELL

164CHAPTER XXXVI THE RETURN HOME

879ARRIVAL FROM ALEXANDRIA, VA., 1858 RICHARD BAYNE, CARTER DOWLING AND BENJAMIN TAYLOR

165CHAPTER XXXVII THE ANGEL OF MERCY

880ARRIVAL FROM THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT HANSON WILLIAMS, NACE SHAW, GUSTA YOUNG, AND DANIEL M&#x27;NORTON SMITH

166CHAPTER XXXVIII THE GREAT TUNNEL AND THE MISTAKE

881CROSSING THE BAY IN A SKIFF WILLIAM THOMAS COPE, JOHN BOICE GREY, HENRY BOICE AND ISAAC WHITE

167CHAPTER XXXIX CONCLUSION

882ARRIVAL FROM KENT COUNTY, MD., 1858 ASBURY IRWIN, EPHRAIM ENNIS, AND LYDIA ANN JOHNS

168The Marrow of Tradition (Charles W. Chesnutt)

883ARRIVAL FROM WASHINGTON, 1858 JOSEPHINE ROBINSON

169I AT BREAK OF DAY

884ARRIVAL FROM CECIL COUNTY, 1858 ROBERT JOHNS AND HIS WIFE &quot;SUE ANN&quot;

170II THE CHRISTENING PARTY

885ARRIVAL FROM GEORGETOWN, D.C., 1858 PERRY CLEXTON, JIM BANKS AND CHARLES NOLE

171III THE EDITOR AT WORK

886ARRIVAL FROM SUSSEX COUNTY, 1858 JACOB BLOCKSON, GEORGE ALLIGOOD, JIM ALLIGOOD, AND GEORGE LEWIS

172IV THEODORE FELIX

887SUNDRY ARRIVALS IN 1859 SARAH ANN MILLS, Boonsborough; CAROLINE GASSWAY, Mt. Airy; LEVIN HOLDEN, Laurel; WILLIAM JAMES CONNER, with his wife, child, and four brothers; JAMES LAZARUS, Delaware; RICHARD WILLIAMS, Richmond, Virginia; SYDNEY HOPKINS and HENRY WHEELER, Havre de Grace

173V A JOURNEY SOUTHWARD

888ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1859 CORNELIUS HENRY JOHNSON. FACE CANADA-WARD FOR YEARS

174VI JANET

889ARRIVAL FROM DELAWARE, 1858 THEOPHILUS COLLINS, ANDREW JACKSON BOYCE, HANDY BURTON AND ROBERT JACKSON A DESPERATE, BLOODY STRUGGLE — GUN, KNIFE AND FIRE SHOVEL, USED BY AN INFURIATED MASTER

175VII THE OPERATION

890ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1859 STEPNEY BROWN

176VIII THE CAMPAIGN DRAGS

891ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1859 JIM KELL, CHARLES HEATH, WILLIAM CARLISLE, CHARLES RINGGOLD, THOMAS MAXWELL, AND SAMUEL SMITH

177IX A WHITE MAN&#x27;S &quot;NIGGER&quot;

892SUNDRY ARRIVALS, 1859 JOHN EDWARD LEE, JOHN HILLIS, CHARLES ROSS, JAMES RYAN, WILLIAM JOHNSTON, EDWARD WOOD, CORNELIUS FULLER AND HIS WIFE HARRIET, JOHN PINKET, ANSAL CANNON, AND JAMES BROWN

178X DELAMERE PLAYS A TRUMP

893ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1859 JAMES BROWN

179XI THE BABY AND THE BIRD

894ARRIVAL FROM DELAWARE, 1859 EDWARD, JOHN, AND CHARLES HALL

180XII ANOTHER SOUTHERN PRODUCT

895ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1859 JAMES TAYLOR, ALBERT GROSS, AND JOHN GRINAGE

181XIII THE CAKEWALK

896SUNDRY ARRIVALS FROM MARYLAND (1859) AND OTHER PLACES JAMES ANDY WILKINS, and wife LUCINDA, with their little boy, CHARLES, CHARLES HENRY GROSS, A WOMAN with her TWO CHILDREN — one in her arms — JOHN BROWN, JOHN ROACH, and wife LAMBY, and HENRY SMALLWOOD

182XIV THE MAUNDERINGS OF OLD MRS. OCHILTREE

897ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1859 HENRY JONES AND TURNER FOSTER

183XV MRS. CARTERET SEEKS AN EXPLANATION

898ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND TWO YOUNG MOTHERS, EACH WITH BABES IN THEIR ARMS — ANNA ELIZABETH YOUNG AND SARAH JANE BELL — WHIPPED TILL THE BLOOD FLOWED

184XVI ELLIS TAKES A TRICK

899ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JOHN WESLEY SMITH, ROBERT MURRAY, SUSAN STEWART, AND JOSEPHINE SMITH

185XVII THE SOCIAL ASPIRATIONS OF CAPTAIN McBANE

900SUNDRY ARRIVALS FROM MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA HENRY FIELDS, CHARLES RINGGOLD, WILLIAM RINGGOLD, ISAAC NEWTON AND JOSEPH THOMAS

186XVIII SANDY SEES HIS OWN HA&#x27;NT

901ARRIVAL FROM SEAFORD, 1859 ROBERT BELL AND TWO OTHERS

187XIX A MIDNIGHT WALK

902ARRIVAL FROM TAPPS&#x27; NECK, MD., 1859 LEWIS WILSON, JOHN WATERS, ALFRED EDWARDS AND WILLIAM QUINN

188XX A SHOCKING CRIME

903ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1859 ANN MARIA JACKSON AND HER SEVEN CHILDREN — MARY ANN, WILLIAM HENRY, FRANCES SABRINA, WILHELMINA, JOHN EDWIN, EBENEZER THOMAS, AND WILLIAM ALBERT

189XXI THE NECESSITY OF AN EXAMPLE

904SUNDRY ARRIVALS FROM VIRGINIA, MARYLAND AND DELAWARE LEWIS LEE, ENOCH DAVIS, JOHN BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD DIXON, AND WILLIAM OLIVER

190XXII HOW NOT TO PREVENT A LYNCHING

905ARRIVAL FROM DIFFERENT POINTS JACOB BROWN, JAMES HARRIS, BENJAMIN PINEY, JOHN SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON, WILLIAM HUGHES, WESLEY WILLIAMS, ROSANNA JOHNSON, JOHN SMALLWOOD, AND HENRY TOWNSEND

191XXIII BELLEVIEW

906SUNDRY ARRIVALS FROM MARYLAND, 1860 WILLIAM CHION AND HIS WIFE, EMMA, EVAN GRAFF, AND FOUR OTHERS

192XXIV TWO SOUTHERN GENTLEMEN

907ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1860 JENNY BUCHANAN A KIND MASTER; JENNY CHASTISED ONE OF HIS SONS FOR AN INSULT, AND AS A PUNISHMENT SHE WAS SOLD — SEIZED FOR DEBT — SOLD A SECOND TIME

193XXV THE HONOR OF A FAMILY

908ARRIVAL FROM BALTIMORE, 1860 WILLIAM BROWN, AND JAMES HENSON

194XXVI THE DISCOMFORT OF ELLIS

909ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND PHILIP STANTON, RANDOLPH NICHOLS, AND THOMAS DOUGLASS

195XXVII THE VAGARIES OF THE HIGHER LAW

910ARRIVAL FROM FREDERICKSBURG, 1860 HENRY TUDLE AND WIFE, MARY WILLIAMS

196XXVIII IN SEASON AND OUT

911SUNDRY ARRIVALS FROM MARYLAND, 1860 SAM ARCHER, LEWIS PECK, DAVID EDWARDS, EDWARD CASTING, JOE HENRY, GEORGE AND ALBERT WHITE, JOSEPH C. JOHNSON, DAVID SNIVELY, AND HENRY DUNMORE

197XXIX MUTTERINGS OF THE STORM

912CROSSING THE BAY IN A BATTEAU SHARP CONTEST WITH PURSUERS ON WATER. FUGITIVES VICTORIOUS

198XXX THE MISSING PAPERS

913ARRIVAL FROM DORCHESTER CO., 1860 HARRIET TUBMAN&#x27;S LAST &quot;TRIP&quot; TO MARYLAND

199XXXI THE SHADOW OF A DREAM

914ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND, 1860 JERRY MILLS, AND WIFE, DIANA, SON, CORNELIUS, AND TWO DAUGHTERS, MARGARET, AND SUSAN

200XXXII THE STORM BREAKS

915TWELVE MONTHS IN THE WOODS, 1860 HENRY COTTON

201XXXIII INTO THE LION&#x27;S JAWS

916ARRIVAL FROM MARYLAND WILLIAM PIERCE

202XXXIV THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW

917A SLAVE CATCHER CAUGHT IN HIS OWN TRAP GEORGE F. ALBERTI PERSONATED BY A MEMBER OF THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE — A LADY FRIGHTENED BY A PLACARD

203XXXV &quot;MINE ENEMY, O MINE ENEMY!&quot;

918ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1858 HENRY LANGHORN alias WM. SCOTT

204XXXVI FIAT JUSTITIA

919ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND, 1859

205XXXVII THE SISTERS

920ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND JOHN WILLIAM DUNGY. — BROUGHT A PASS FROM EX. GOV. GREGORY

206The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (James Weldon Johnson)

921&quot;AUNT HANNAH MOORE&quot;

207I

922KIDNAPPING OF RACHEL AND ELIZABETH PARKER — MURDER OF JOSEPH C. MILLER IN 1851 AND 1852

208II

923ARRIVAL FROM VIRGINIA, 1854 TUCKER WHITE

209III

924ARRIVAL FROM NORFOLK MARY MILLBURN, alias LOUISA F. JONES, ESCAPED IN MALE ATTIRE

210IV

925ARRIVAL OF FIFTEEN FROM NORFOLK, VIRGINIA PER SCHOONER — TWICE SEARCHED — LANDED AT LEAGUE ISLAND ISAAC FORMAN, HENRY WILLIAMS, WILLIAM SEYMOUR, HARRIET TAYLOR, MARY BIRD, MRS. LEWEY, SARAH SAUNDERS, SOPHIA GRAY, HENRY GRAY, MARY GRAY, WINFIELD SCOTT, and three children

211V

926THE CASE OF EUPHEMIA WILLIAMS, CLAIMED AS A FUGITIVE SLAVE UNDER THE FUGITIVE SLAVE-LAW AFTER HAVING LIVED IN PENNSYLVANIA FOR MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS

212VI

927HELPERS AND SYMPATHIZERS AT HOME AND ABROAD — INTERESTING LETTERS

213VII

928PAMPHLET, AND LETTERS FROM MRS. ANNA H. RICHARDSON, OF NEWCASTLE, ENGLAND TO THE FRIENDS OF THE SLAVE

214VIII

929LETTERS TO THE WRITER

215IX

930WOMAN ESCAPING IN A BOX, 1857 SHE WAS SPEECHLESS

216X

931ORGANIZATION OF THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE MEETING TO FORM A VIGILANCE COMMITTEE

217XI

932PORTRAITS AND SKETCHES

218A Fool&#x27;s Errand. By One of the Fools (Albion Winegar Tourgée)

933ESTHER MOORE

219Dedication

934ABIGAIL GOODWIN

220LETTER TO THE PUBLISHERS

935FAITHFUL WORKERS IN THE CAUSE

221CHAPTER I THE GENESIS OF FOLLY

936THOMAS GARRETT

222CHAPTER II LE PREMIER ACCÈS

937THE TRIAL OF THE CASES, 1848

223CHAPTER III SORROW COMETH WITH KNOWLEDGE

938FOUR OF GOD&#x27;S POOR

224CHAPTER IV FROM BAD TO WORSE

939FOUR FEMALES ON BOARD

225CHAPTER V THE ORACLE IS CONSULTED

940DANIEL GIBBONS

226CHAPTER VI ALL LOST BUT HONOR

941LUCRETIA MOTT

227CHAPTER VII AN OLD &quot;UNIONER&quot;

942JAMES MILLER McKIM

228CHAPTER VIII &quot;THEIR EXITS AND THEIR ENTRANCES&quot;

943WILLIAM H. FURNESS, D.D

229CHAPTER IX THE NEW KINGDOM

944WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON

230CHAPTER X POOR TRAY

945LEWIS TAPPAN

231CHAPTER XI A CAT IN A STRANGE GARRET

946ELIJAH F. PENNYPACKER

232CHAPTER XII COMPELLED TO VOLUNTEER

947STATION MASTERS ON THE ROAD

233CHAPTER XIII A TWO-HANDED GAME

948WILLIAM WRIGHT

234CHAPTER XIV MURDER MOST FOUL

949DR. BARTHOLOMEW FUSSELL

235CHAPTER XV &quot;WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR?&quot;

950THOMAS SHIPLEY

236CHAPTER XVI THE EDGE OF HOSPITALITY DULLED

951ROBERT PURVIS

237CHAPTER XVII THE SECOND MILE POST

952JOHN HUNN

238CHAPTER XVIII CONGRATULATION AND CONDOLENCE

953SAMUEL RHOADS

239CHAPTER XIX CITIZENS IN EMBRYO

954GEORGE CORSON

240CHAPTER XX OUT OF DUE SEASON

955CHARLES D. CLEVELAND

241CHAPTER XXI HOW THE WISE MEN BUILDED

956WILLIAM WHIPPER

242CHAPTER XXII COCK-CROW

957ISAAC T. HOPPER

243CHAPTER XXIII THE DIE IS CAST

958SAMUEL D. BURRIS,

244CHAPTER XXIV &quot;WISDOM CRIETH IN THE STREETS&quot;

959MARIANN, GRACE ANNA, AND ELIZABETH R. LEWIS

245CHAPTER XXV A GRUMBLER&#x27;S FORECAST

960CUNNINGHAM&#x27;S RACHE

246CHAPTER XXVI BALAK AND BALAAM

961FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER

247CHAPTER XXVII A NEW INSTITUTION

962Harriet: The Moses of Her People (Sarah H. Bradford)

248CHAPTER XXVIII A BUNDLE OF DRY STICKS

963PREFACE

249CHAPTER XXIX FOOTING UP THE LEDGER

964HARRIET, THE MOSES OF HER PEOPLE

250CHAPTER XXX A THRICE-TOLD TALE

965SOME ADDITIONAL INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF &quot;HARRIET&quot;

251I

966APPENDIX

252II

967FUGITIVE SLAVE RESCUE IN TROY

253III

968Father Henson&#x27;s Story of His Own Life (Josiah Henson)

254CHAPTER XXXI THE FOLLY OF WISDOM

969PREFACE

255CHAPTER XXXII &quot;OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART&quot;

970CHAPTER I MY BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD

256CHAPTER XXXIII &quot;LOVE ME, LOVE MY DOG&quot;

971CHAPTER II MY FIRST GREAT TRIAL

257CHAPTER XXXIV THE HARVEST OF WISDOM

972CHAPTER III MY BOYHOOD AND YOUTH

258CHAPTER XXXV AN AWAKENING

973CHAPTER IV MY CONVERSION

259CHAPTER XXXVI A RACE AGAINST TIME

974CHAPTER V MAIMED FOR LIFE

260CHAPTER XXXVII THE &quot;REB&quot; VIEW OF IT

975CHAPTER VI A RESPONSIBLE JOURNEY

261CHAPTER XXXVIII &quot;AND ALL THE WORLD WAS IN A SEA&quot;

976CHAPTER VII A NEW HOME

262CHAPTER XXXIX &quot;LIGHT SHINETH IN DARKNESS&quot;

977CHAPTER VIII RETURN TO MARYLAND

263CHAPTER XL PRO BONO PUBLICO

978CHAPTER IX TAKEN SOUTH, AWAY FROM WIFE AND CHILDREN

264CHAPTER XLI &quot;PEACE IN WARSAW&quot;

979CHAPTER X A TERRIBLE TEMPTATION

265CHAPTER XLII A FRIENDLY MEDIATION

980CHAPTER XI PROVIDENTIAL DELIVERANCE

266CHAPTER XLIII UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER

981CHAPTER XII ESCAPE FROM BONDAGE

267CHAPTER XLIV PRIDE OVERMATCHING PRIDE

982CHAPTER XIII JOURNEY TO CANADA

268CHAPTER XLV WISDOM AND FOLLY MEET TOGETHER

983CHAPTER XIV NEW SCENES AND A NEW HOME

269CHAPTER XLVI HOME AT LAST

984CHAPTER XV LIFE IN CANADA

270CHAPTER XLVII MONUMENTUM

985CHAPTER XVI CONDUCTING SLAVES TO CANADA

271Bricks Without Straw: A Novel (Albion Winegar Tourgée)

986CHAPTER XVII SECOND JOURNEY ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

272TRANSLATION

987CHAPTER XVIII HOME AT DAWN

273CHAPTER I TRI-NOMINATE

988CHAPTER XIX LUMBERING OPERATIONS

274CHAPTER II THE FONT

989CHAPTER XX VISIT TO ENGLAND

275CHAPTER III THE JUNONIAN RITE

990CHAPTER XXI THE WORLD&#x27;S FAIR IN LONDON

276CHAPTER IV MARS MEDDLES

991CHAPTER XXII VISITS TO THE RAGGED SCHOOLS

277CHAPTER V NUNC PRO TUNC

992CHAPTER XXIII CLOSING UP MY LONDON AGENCY

278CHAPTER VI THE TOGA VIRILIS

993CHAPTER XXIV CLOSING CHAPTER

279CHAPTER VII DAMON AND PYTHIAS

994Fifty Years in Chains; or, the Life of an American Slave (Charles Ball)

280CHAPTER VIII A FRIENDLY PROLOGUE

995PREFACE

281CHAPTER IX A BRUISED REED

996CHAPTER I SEPARATED FROM MY MOTHER

282CHAPTER X AN EXPRESS TRUST

997CHAPTER II

283CHAPTER XI RED WING

998CHAPTER III

284CHAPTER XII ON THE WAY TO JERICHO

999CHAPTER IV

285CHAPTER XIII NEGOTIATING A TREATY

1000CHAPTER V

286CHAPTER XIV BORN OF THE STORM

1001CHAPTER VI

287CHAPTER XV TO HIM AND HIS HEIRS FOREVER

1002CHAPTER VII

288CHAPTER XVI A CHILD OF THE HILLS

1003CHAPTER VIII

289CHAPTER XVII GOOD-MORROW AND FAREWELL

1004CHAPTER IX

290CHAPTER XVIII &quot;PRIME WRAPPERS&quot;

1005CHAPTER X

291CHAPTER XIX THE SHADOW OF THE FLAG

1006CHAPTER XI

292CHAPTER XX PHANTASMAGORIA

1007CHAPTER XII

293CHAPTER XXI A CHILD-MAN

1008CHAPTER XIII

294CHAPTER XXII HOW THE FALLOW WAS SEEDED

1009CHAPTER XIV

295CHAPTER XXIII AN OFFERING OF FIRST-FRUITS

1010CHAPTER XV

296CHAPTER XXIV A BLACK DEMOCRITUS

1011CHAPTER XVI

297CHAPTER XXV A DOUBLE-HEADED ARGUMENT

1012CHAPTER XVII

298CHAPTER XXVI TAKEN AT HIS WORD

1013CHAPTER XVIII

299CHAPTER XXVII MOTES IN THE SUNSHINE

1014CHAPTER XIX

300CHAPTER XXVIII IN THE PATH OF THE STORM

1015CHAPTER XX

301CHAPTER XXIX LIKE AND UNLIKE

1016Twenty-Two Years a Slave and Forty Years a Freeman (Austin Steward)

302CHAPTER XXX AN UNBIDDEN GUEST

1017FROM GOVERNOR CLARK

303CHAPTER XXXI A LIFE FOR A LIFE

1018PREFACE

304CHAPTER XXXII A VOICE FROM THE DARKNESS

1019CHAPTER I SLAVE LIFE ON THE PLANTATION

305CHAPTER XXXIII A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION

1020CHAPTER II AT THE GREAT HOUSE

306CHAPTER XXXIV THE MAJESTY OF THE LAW

1021CHAPTER III HORSE-RACING AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

307CHAPTER XXXV A PARTICULAR TENANCY LAPSES

1022CHAPTER IV JOURNEY TO OUR NEW HOME IN NEW YORK

308CHAPTER XXXVI THE BEACON-LIGHT OF LOVE

1023CHAPTER V INCIDENTS AT SODUS BAY

309CHAPTER XXXVII THE &quot;BEST FRIENDS&quot; REVEAL THEMSELVES

1024CHAPTER VI REMOVAL FROM SODUS TO BATH

310CHAPTER XXXVIII &quot;THE ROSE ABOVE THE MOULD&quot;

1025CHAPTER VII DUELING

311CHAPTER XXXIX WHAT THE MIST HID

1026CHAPTER VIII HORSE-RACING AND GENERAL TRAINING

312CHAPTER XL DAWNING

1027CHAPTER IX DEATH BED AND BRIDAL SCENES

313CHAPTER XLI Q. E. D

1028CHAPTER X HIRED OUT TO A NEW MASTER

314CHAPTER XLII THROUGH A CLOUD-RIFT

1029CHAPTER XI THOUGHTS ON FREEDOM

315CHAPTER XLIII A GLAD GOOD-BY

1030CHAPTER XII CAPT. HELM — DIVORCE — KIDNAPPING

316CHAPTER XLIV PUTTING THIS AND THAT TOGETHER

1031CHAPTER XIII LOCATE IN THE VILLAGE OF ROCHESTER

317CHAPTER XLV ANOTHER OX GORED

1032CHAPTER XIV INCIDENTS IN ROCHESTER AND VICINITY

318CHAPTER XLVI BACKWARD AND FORWARD

1033CHAPTER XV SAD REVERSES OF CAPT. HELM

319CHAPTER XLVII BREASTING THE TORRENT

1034CHAPTER XVI BRITISH EMANCIPATION OF SLAVERY

320CHAPTER XLVIII THE PRICE OF HONOR

1035CHAPTER XVII ORATION — TERMINATION OF SLAVERY

321CHAPTER XLIX HIGHLY RESOLVED

1036CHAPTER XVIII CONDITION OF FREE COLORED PEOPLE

322CHAPTER L FACE ANSWERETH TO FACE

1037CHAPTER XIX PERSECUTION OF THE COLORED PEOPLE

323CHAPTER LI HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE?

1038CHAPTER XX REMOVAL TO CANADA

324CHAPTER LII REDEEMED OUT OF THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE

1039CHAPTER XXI ROUGHING IT IN THE WILDS OF CANADA

325CHAPTER LIII IN THE CYCLONE

1040CHAPTER XXII NARROW ESCAPE OF A SMUGGLER

326CHAPTER LIV A BOLT OUT OF THE CLOUD

1041CHAPTER XXIII NARRATIVE OF TWO FUGITIVES FROM VIRGINIA

327CHAPTER LV AN UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER

1042CHAPTER XXIV PLEASANT RE-UNION OF OLD AND TRIED FRIENDS

328CHAPTER LVI SOME OLD LETTERS

1043CHAPTER XXV PRIVATE LOSSES AND PRIVATE DIFFICULTIES

329I

1044CHAPTER XXVI INCIDENTS AND PECULIARITIES OF THE INDIANS

330II

1045CHAPTER XXVII OUR DIFFICULTIES WITH ISRAEL LEWIS

331III

1046CHAPTER XXVIII DESPERATION OF A FUGITIVE SLAVE

332IV

1047CHAPTER XXIX A NARROW ESCAPE FROM MY ENEMIES

333V

1048CHAPTER XXX DEATH OF B. PAUL, AND RETURN OF HIS BROTHER

334CHAPTER LVII A SWEET AND BITTER FRUITAGE

1049CHAPTER XXXI MY FAMILY RETURN TO ROCHESTER

335CHAPTER LVIII COMING TO THE FRONT

1050CHAPTER XXXII THE LAND AGENT AND THE SQUATTER

336CHAPTER LIX THE SHUTTLECOCK OF FATE

1051CHAPTER XXXIII CHARACTER AND DEATH OF I. LEWIS

337CHAPTER LX THE EXODIAN

1052CHAPTER XXXIV MY RETURN TO ROCHESTER

338CHAPTER LXI WHAT SHALL THE END BE?

1053CHAPTER XXXV BISHOP BROWN — DEATH OF MY DAUGHTER

339CHAPTER LXII HOW?

1054CHAPTER XXXVI CELEBRATION OF THE FIRST OF AUGUST

340Imperium in Imperio: A Study of the Negro Race Problem. A Novel (Sutton E. Griggs)

1055CHAPTER XXXVII CONCLUSION

341TO THE PUBLIC

1056CORRESPONDENCE LETTER FROM A. STEWARD TO WM. L. GARRISON

342BERL TROUT&#x27;S DYING DECLARATION

1057Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, An American Slave, Written by Himself (Henry Bibb)

343CHAPTER I A SMALL BEGINNING

1058INTRODUCTION

344CHAPTER II THE SCHOOL

1059AUTHOR&#x27;S PREFACE

345CHAPTER III THE PARSON&#x27;S ADVICE

1060CHAPTER I

346CHAPTER IV THE TURNING OF A WORM

1061CHAPTER II

347CHAPTER V BELTON FINDS A FRIEND

1062CHAPTER III

348CHAPTER VI A YOUNG REBEL

1063CHAPTER IV

349CHAPTER VII A SERMON, A SOCK AND A FIGHT

1064CHAPTER V

350CHAPTER VIII MANY MYSTERIES CLEARED UP

1065CHAPTER VI

351CHAPTER IX LOVE AND POLITICS

1066CHAPTER VII

352CHAPTER X CUPID AGAIN AT WORK

1067CHAPTER VIII

353CHAPTER XI NO BEFITTING NAME

1068CHAPTER IX

354CHAPTER XII ON THE DISSECTING BOARD

1069CHAPTER X

355CHAPTER XIII MARRIED AND YET NOT MARRIED

1070CHAPTER XI

356CHAPTER XIV MARRIED AND YET NOT MARRIED (Continued)

1071CHAPTER XII

357CHAPTER XV WEIGHTY MATTERS

1072CHAPTER XIII

358CHAPTER XVI UNWRITTEN HISTORY

1073CHAPTER XIV

359CHAPTER XVII CROSSING THE RUBICON

1074CHAPTER XV

360CHAPTER XVIII THE STORM&#x27;S MASTER

1075CHAPTER XVI

361CHAPTER XIX THE PARTING OF WAYS

1076CHAPTER XVII

362CHAPTER XX PERSONAL — (Berl Trout)

1077CHAPTER XVIII

363The Hindered Hand; or, The Reign of the Repressionist (Sutton E. Griggs)

1078CHAPTER XIX

364DEDICATION

1079CHAPTER XX

365SOLEMNLY ATTESTED

1080The Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave (William Wells Brown)

366TUNING THE LYRE

1081TO WELLS BROWN, OF OHIO

367CHAPTER I Occurrences That Puzzle

1082LETTER From EDMUND QUINCY, ESQ

368CHAPTER II His Face Was Her Guide

1083PREFACE

369CHAPTER III Wherein Foresta First Appears

1084CHAPTER I

370CHAPTER IV The Ways of A Seeker After Fame

1085CHAPTER II

371CHAPTER V Rather Late In Life To Be Still Nameless

1086CHAPTER III

372CHAPTER VI Friendly Enemies

1087CHAPTER IV

373CHAPTER VII Officers Of The Law

1088CHAPTER V

374CHAPTER VIII A Messenger That Hesitates

1089CHAPTER VI

375CHAPTER IX A Plotter Is He

1090CHAPTER VII

376CHAPTER X Arabelle Seabright

1091CHAPTER VIII

377CHAPTER XI Unusual For A Man

1092CHAPTER IX

378CHAPTER XII A Honeymoon Out Of The Usual Order

1093CHAPTER X

379CHAPTER XIII Shrewd Mrs. Crawford

1094CHAPTER XI

380CHAPTER XIV Alene and Ramon

1095CHAPTER XII

381CHAPTER XV Unexpected Developments

1096CHAPTER XIII

382CHAPTER XVI An Eager Searcher

1097CHAPTER XIV

383CHAPTER XVII Peculiar Divorce Proceedings

1098The Story of Mattie J. Jackson (L. S. Thompson)

384CHAPTER XVIII Mists That Vanish

1099PREFACE

385CHAPTER XIX The Fugitives Flee Again

1100MATTIE&#x27;S STORY

386CHAPTER XX The Blaze

1101THEIR ATTEMPT TO MAKE THEIR ESCAPE

387CHAPTER XXI Planning To Act

1102THE SOLDIERS, AND OUR TREATMENT DURING THE WAR

388CHAPTER XXII The Two Pathways

1103MR. LEWIS CALLS AT THE BOARDING HOUSE

389CHAPTER XXIII They Grapple

1104RELEASED FROM THE TRADER&#x27;S YARD AND TAKEN TO HER NEW MASTER

390CHAPTER XXIV Out of Joint With His Times

1105CAPT. TIRRELL REMOVES THE FAMILY—ANOTHER STRATEGY

391CHAPTER XXV A Joyful Farewell

1106THE FARE AT THEIR NEW HOMES

392CHAPTER XXVI Gus Martin

1107MATTIE IN INDIANAPOLIS — THE GLORY OF FREEDOM — PRESIDENT LINCOLN&#x27;S REMAINS EXHIBITED

393CHAPTER XXVII Tiara Mystifies Us

1108SISTER LOST — MOTHER&#x27;S ESCAPE

394CHAPTER XXVIII Poor Fellow

1109MOTHER&#x27;S MARRIAGE

395CHAPTER XXIX A Revelation

1110MATTIE MEETS HER OLD MASTER — GOES TO SERVICE — IS SENT FOR BY HER STEP-FATHER IN LAWRENCE, MASS

396CHAPTER XXX Mr. A. Hostility

1111SUMMARY

397CHAPTER XXXI Two of a Kind

1112CHRISTIANITY

398CHAPTER XXXII Working and Waiting

1113A Slave Girl&#x27;s Story (Kate Drumgoold)

399CHAPTER XXXIII Back in Almaville

1114CHAPTER I

400CHAPTER XXXIV A Great Day in Court

1115CHAPTER II

401CHAPTER XXXV Eunice! Eunice!

1116CHAPTER III

402CHAPTER XXXVI Enthusiastic John Blue

1117CHAPTER IV

403CHAPTER XXXVII Postponing His Shout of Triumph

1118CHAPTER V

404CHAPTER XXXVIII He Cannot, But He Does!

1119CHAPTER VI

405CHAPTER XXXIX A Son of the New South

1120Progress of Church Work

406CHAPTER XL Sorrow and Gladness

1121Etiquette of Young Men

407NOTES FOR THE SERIOUS

1122School Life

408NOTES TO THE THIRD EDITION

1123From the Darkness Cometh the Light, or Struggles for Freedom (Lucy A. Delaney)

409THE POOR WHITE AND THE NEGRO

1124Dedication

410HARNESSING HATRED

1125Preface

411A SERIOUS HANDICAP

1126CHAPTER I

412MR. DIXON IS SHREWD

1127CHAPTER II

413MR. DIXON SCOFFS

1128CHAPTER III

414THE EARLIER CHURCH LIFE OF THE NEGRO

1129CHAPTER IV

415MR. DIXON STABS TO KILL

1130CHAPTER V

416WHERE MR. DIXON&#x27;S POWER FAILS

1131CHAPTER VI

417AS TO INTERMARRIAGE

1132CHAPTER VII

418PRIDE OF RACE

1133Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, a Slave in the United States of America (Moses Grandy)

419BACKWARD AFRICA

1134INTRODUCTION

420RECONSTRUCTION DAYS

1135NARRATIVE

421MR. DIXON VS. HON. JAMES G. BLAINE

1136Narrative of Joanna; An Emancipated Slave, of Surinam (John Gabriel Stedman)

422MR. DIXON&#x27;S WIDE HEARING

1137JOANNA

423MR. DIXON&#x27;S BORROWED POWER

1138A NEGRO MOTHER&#x27;S APPEAL

424THE REAL PROBLEM

1139THE SLAVE-DEALER

425A FINAL WORD

1140Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown, Who Escaped in a 3x2 Feet Box, Written by Himself (Henry Box Brown)

426Slave Narratives

1141PREFACE

427Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Frederick Douglass)

1142INTRODUCTION

428PREFACE

1143TO THE REV. MESSRS. PIKE AND BROOKS.

429LETTER FROM WENDELL PHILLIPS, ESQ.

1144CHAPTER I

430CHAPTER I

1145CHAPTER II

431CHAPTER II

1146CHAPTER III

432CHAPTER III

1147CHAPTER IV

433CHAPTER IV

1148CHAPTER V

434CHAPTER V

1149CHAPTER VI

435CHAPTER VI

1150CHAPTER VII

436CHAPTER VII

1151APPENDIX

437CHAPTER VIII

1152MISCELLANEOUS

438CHAPTER IX

1153Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley (Margaretta Matilda Odell)

439CHAPTER X

1154INTRODUCTION

440CHAPTER XI

1155MEMOIR

441APPENDIX

1156DEDICATION

44212 Years a Slave (Solomon Northup)

1157PREFACE

443EDITOR&#x27;S PREFACE

1158Letter to the Publisher

444CHAPTER I

1159TO THE PUBLIC

445CHAPTER II

1160POEMS TO MÆCENAS

446CHAPTER III

1161ON VIRTUE

447CHAPTER IV

1162ON BEING BROUGHT FROM AFRICA TO AMERICA

448CHAPTER V

1163TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, IN NEW ENGLAND

449CHAPTER VI

1164TO THE KING&#x27;S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. — 1768

450CHAPTER VII

1165ON THE DEATH OF THE REV. DR. SEWELL 1769

451CHAPTER VIII

1166ON THE DEATH OF THE REV&#x27;D MR. GEORGE WHITEFIELD. — 1770

452CHAPTER IX

1167ON THE DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY OF FIVE YEARS OF AGE

453CHAPTER X

1168ON THE DEATH OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN

454CHAPTER XI

1169TO A LADY, ON THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND

455CHAPTER XII

1170GOLIATH OF GATH 1 SAM. CHAP. 7th

456CHAPTER XIII

1171THOUGHTS ON THE WORKS OF PROVIDENCE

457CHAPTER XIV

1172TO A LADY ON THE DEATH OF THREE RELATIONS

458CHAPTER XV

1173TO A CLERGYMAN, ON THE DEATH OF HIS LADY

459CHAPTER XVI

1174HYMN TO THE MORNING

460CHAPTER XVII

1175HYMN TO THE EVENING

461CHAPTER XVIII

1176ISAIAH — 63d Chap. 1st and 8th Verses

462CHAPTER XIX

1177ON RECOLLECTION

463CHAPTER XX

1178ON IMAGINATION

464CHAPTER XXI

1179A FUNERAL POEM ON THE DEATH OF C. E AN INFANT OF TWELVE MONTHS

465CHAPTER XXII

1180TO CAPTAIN H — D Of the 65th Regiment

466APPENDIX

1181TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE WILLIAM, EARL OF DARTMOUTH, His Majesty&#x27;s Principal Secretary of State for North America, &amp;c

467A

1182ODE TO NEPTUNE, On Mrs. W — &#x27;s Voyage to England

468B

1183TO A LADY, On her coming to North America with her Son, for the recovery of her Health

469C

1184TO A LADY, On her remarkable Preservation in a Hurricane, in North Carolina

470The Willie Lynch Letter: The Making of Slave! (Willie Lynch)

1185TO A LADY AND HER CHILDREN, On the Death of her Son and their Brother

471A Speech Delivered on the Bank of James River, Virginia 1712 (Satire on the Cruel Practices of Slave Lynching &amp; Oppression)

1186TO A GENTLEMAN AND LADY, On the Death of the Lady&#x27;s Brother and Sister, and a Child of the name of Avis, aged one year

472Lets Make a Slave

1187ON THE DEATH OF DR. SAMUEL MARSHALL, — 1771

473Cardinal Principles for making a Negro

1188TO A GENTLEMAN, On his Voyage to Great Britain, for the Recovery of his Health

474The Breaking Process of the African Woman

1189TO THE REV. DR. THOMAS AMORY, On reading his Sermons on Daily Devotion, in which that Duty is recommended and assisted

475The Nigger Marriage

1190ON THE DEATH OF J. C An Infant

476Warning: Possible Interloping Negatives

1191A HYMN TO HUMANITY To S. P. G. Esq

477Control the Language

1192TO THE HON. T. H. ESQ On the Death of his Daughter

478The Confessions of Nat Turner (Nat Turner)

1193NIOBE IN DISTRESS FOR HER CHILDREN SLAIN BY APOLLO From Ovid&#x27;s Metamorphoses, Book 6th, and from a View of the Painting of Mr. Richard Wilson

479Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave (Sojourner Truth)

1194TO S. M., A YOUNG AFRICAN PAINTER, On seeing his Works

480HER BIRTH AND PARENTAGE

1195TO HIS HONOR THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, On the Death of his Lady, March 24th, 1773

481ACCOMMODATIONS

1196A FAREWELL TO AMERICA To Mrs. S. W

482HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS

1197A REBUS By J. B

483HER RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION

1198AN ANSWER TO THE REBUS By the Author of these Poems

484THE AUCTION

1199Buried Alive (Behind Prison Walls) For a Quarter of a Century. Life of William Walker (Thomas S. Gaines)

485DEATH OF MAU-MAU BETT

1200PREFACE

486LAST DAYS OF BOMEFREE

1201PART FIRST BURIED ALIVE LIFE OF WILLIAM WALKER

487DEATH OF BOMEFREE

1202CHAPTER I SHARKS FED ON HUMAN FLESH — IN THE SLAVE PEN AT NEW ORLEANS

488COMMENCEMENT OF ISABELLA&#x27;S TRIALS IN LIFE

1203CHAPTER II DICK FALLON, THE DEVIL&#x27;S BROTHER — NANCY, THE OCTOROON GIRL — THE COTTON FIELD — THE MURDER

489TRIALS CONTINUED

1204CHAPTER III THE ESCAPE — PURSUED BY BLOOD HOUNDS — THE CAPTURE — THE PUNISHMENT

490HER STANDING WITH HER NEW MASTER AND MISTRESS

1205CHAPTER IV NANCY&#x27;S DREAM — A TERRIBLE BLOW — GLOOM — BELLS TOLLING IN THE SKY

491ISABELLA&#x27;S MARRIAGE

1206CHAPTER V A FLASH OF LIGHTNING KILLS FALLON AND WRITES HIS NAME ON STONE

492ISABELLA AS A MOTHER

1207CHAPTER VI IN OLD MISSOURI — THE ESCAPE — ARRIVAL IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN

493SLAVEHOLDER&#x27;S PROMISES

1208CHAPTER VII FARMING — THE SHOLTZ FAMILY — THE MEETING WITH NANCY — THE QUARREL — THE MURDER

494HER ESCAPE

1209PART SECOND LIFE IN JACKSON PRISON

495ILLEGAL SALE OF HER SON

1210CHAPTER I IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT — ABOLISHMENT OF THE SOLITARIES — &quot;FRENCH JOE&quot;

496IT IS OFTEN DARKEST JUST BEFORE DAWN

1211CHAPTER II THE CONTRACT SYSTEM — ESCAPE AND CAPTURE OF TOM BARTOLES — DIED WITH HIS SHACKLES ON

497DEATH OF MRS. ELIZA FOWLER

1212CHAPTER III THE REIGN OF TERROR — DRAWN FROM HIS CELL WITH RED-HOT IRONS

498ISABELLA&#x27;S RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE

1213CHAPTER IV A NEW ADMINISTRATION — A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER — A WOMAN PHILANTHROPIST

499NEW TRIALS

1214CHAPTER V USE OF TOBACCO PROHIBITED — THE HAUNTED ROOM — THE LIGHTNING BOLT

500MY DEAR AND BELOVED MOTHER

1215CHAPTER VI PRISON LIFE AT MIDNIGHT — SHAVING ON SHORT NOTICE — HORRIBLE FATALITIES

501FINDING A BROTHER AND SISTER

1216CHAPTER VII CUNNING ESCAPES — WASHINGTON&#x27;S BIRTHDAY BANQUET — CONVICT McLOUD KILLED

502GLEANINGS

1217CHAPTER VIII THE STRETCHING MACHINE — RECORD OF MISCONDUCT — FATALITIES, MURDERS AND SUICIDES

503THE MATTHIAS DELUSION

1218CHAPTER IX WARDEN HATCH AND PRISON REFORM — THE INDETERMINATE SENTENCE ACT

504FASTING

1219CHAPTER X THE LITERARY MEETINGS AND RELIGIOUS SERVICES — THE PRISON CHAPLAIN

505THE CAUSE OF HER LEAVING THE CITY

1220CHAPTER XI GUILTY AND INNOCENT — CANFIELD, THE SLAYER OF LITTLE NELLIE GRIFFIN

506THE CONSEQUENCES OF REFUSING A TRAVELLER A NIGHT&#x27;S LODGING

1221CHAPTER XII DIED FOR WANT OF WATER — WILLIAM WALKER&#x27;S PETITION FOR A PARDON

507SOME OF HER VIEWS AND REASONINGS

1222CHAPTER XIII PRISON LITERARY MEETINGS — ESSAYS BY EDWARD HANLAN, IRVING LATIMER AND WILLIAM BUTLER

508THE SECOND ADVENT DOCTRINES

1223CHAPTER XIV LOVERS OF PRISON LIFE — BEGGING TO BE RETURNED TO PRISON

509ANOTHER CAMP MEETING

1224CHAPTER XV SUNDAY IN PRISON — MUSICAL PRISONERS — THE DYNAMITE EXPLOSION

510HER LAST INTERVIEW WITH HER MASTER

1225CHAPTER XVI DESPERATE PRISONERS — MACHINERY DEMOLISHED WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER — PRINCE MICHAEL

511CERTIFICATES OF CHARACTER

1226CHAPTER XVII CANDIDATES FOR THE HOSPITAL — CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — SINGULAR MURDERS

512Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)

1227CHAPTER XVIII THE SUNDAY SCHOOL — PAPER READ BY IRVING LATIMER AT A SABBATH SCHOOL EXHIBITION

513Preface By The Author

1228CHAPTER XIX EXPIRATION OF WARDEN HATCH&#x27;S ADMINISTRATION — A CHRISTMAS PRESENTATION

514Introduction By The Editor

1229CHAPTER XX WARDEN DAVIS&#x27; ADMINISTRATION — EMANCIPATION DAY ADDRESS — CONCLUSION

515Chapter I

1230Sketches of the Life of Joseph Mountain, a Negro

516Chapter II

1231Historical Documents

517Chapter III

1232Captain Canot; Or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver (Brantz Mayer and Theodore Canot)

518Chapter IV

1233TO N. P. WILLIS, OF IDLEWILD

519Chapter V

1234CHAPTER I

520Chapter VI

1235CHAPTER II

521Chapter VII

1236CHAPTER III

522Chapter VIII

1237CHAPTER IV

523Chapter IX

1238CHAPTER V

524Chapter X

1239CHAPTER VI

525Chapter XI

1240CHAPTER VII

526Chapter XII

1241CHAPTER VIII

527Chapter XIII

1242CHAPTER IX

528Chapter XIV

1243CHAPTER X

529Chapter XV

1244CHAPTER XI

530Chapter XVI

1245CHAPTER XII

531Chapter XVII

1246CHAPTER XIII

532Chapter XVIII

1247CHAPTER XIV

533Chapter XIX

1248CHAPTER XV

534Chapter XX

1249CHAPTER XVI

535Chapter XXI

1250CHAPTER XVII

536Chapter XXII

1251CHAPTER XVIII

537Chapter XXIII

1252CHAPTER XIX

538Chapter XXIV

1253CHAPTER XX

539Chapter XXV

1254CHAPTER XXI

540Chapter XXVI

1255CHAPTER XXII

541Chapter XXVII

1256CHAPTER XXIII

542Chapter XXVIII

1257CHAPTER XXIV

543Chapter XXIX

1258CHAPTER XXV

544Chapter XXX

1259CHAPTER XXVI

545Chapter XXXI

1260CHAPTER XXVII

546Chapter XXXII

1261CHAPTER XXVIII

547Chapter XXXIII

1262CHAPTER XXIX

548Chapter XXXIV

1263CHAPTER XXX

549Chapter XXXV

1264CHAPTER XXXI

550Chapter XXXVI

1265CHAPTER XXXII

551Chapter XXXVII

1266CHAPTER XXXIII

552Chapter XXXVIII

1267CHAPTER XXXIV

553Chapter XXXIX

1268CHAPTER XXXV

554Chapter XL

1269CHAPTER XXXVI

555Chapter XLI

1270CHAPTER XXXVII

556Appendix

1271CHAPTER XXXVIII

557The History of Mary Prince (Mary Prince)

1272CHAPTER XXXIX

558PREFACE

1273CHAPTER XL

559THE HISTORY OF MARY PRINCE, A WEST INDIAN SLAVE

1274CHAPTER XLI

560SUPPLEMENT TO THE HISTORY OF MARY PRINCE

1275CHAPTER XLII

561NARRATIVE OF LOUIS ASA-ASA

1276CHAPTER XLIII

562Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom (William and Ellen Craft)

1277CHAPTER XLIV

563PREFACE

1278CHAPTER XLV

564PART I

1279CHAPTER XLVI

565MILTON

1280CHAPTER XLVII

566INDICTMENT

1281CHAPTER XLVIII

567PART II

1282CHAPTER XLIX

568JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

1283CHAPTER L

569Thirty Years a Slave: From Bondage to Freedom (Louis Hughes)

1284CHAPTER LI

570PREFACE

1285CHAPTER LII

571CHAPTER I LIFE ON A COTTON PLANTATION

1286CHAPTER LIII

572CHAPTER II SOCIAL AND OTHER ASPECTS OF SLAVERY

1287CHAPTER LIV

573CHAPTER III SLAVERY AND THE WAR OF THE REBELLION

1288CHAPTER LV

574CHAPTER IV REBELLION WEAKENING — SLAVES&#x27; HOPES STRENGTHENING

1289CHAPTER LVI

575CHAPTER V FREEDOM AFTER SLAVERY

1290CHAPTER LVII

576Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green, a Runaway Slave (Jacob D. Green)

1291CHAPTER LVIII

577TESTIMONIALS

1292CHAPTER LIX

578NARRATIVE, &amp;c

1293CHAPTER LX

579WHAT THE &quot;TIMES&quot; SAID OF THE SECESSION IN 1861 (From the Liverpool Daily Post, Feb. 3, 1863)

1294CHAPTER LXI

580SECESSION CONDEMNED IN A SOUTHERN CONVENTION SPEECH

1295CHAPTER LXII

581THE CONFEDERATE AND THE SCOTTISH CLERGY ON SLAVERY

1296CHAPTER LXIII

582SLAVERY AND LIBERTY

1297CHAPTER LXIV

583Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington)

1298CHAPTER LXV

584Preface

1299CHAPTER LXVI

585Introduction

1300CHAPTER LXVII

586Chapter I. A Slave Among Slaves

1301CHAPTER LXVIII

587Chapter II. Boyhood Days

1302CHAPTER LXIX

588Chapter III. The Struggle For An Education

1303CHAPTER LXX

589Chapter IV. Helping Others

1304CHAPTER LXXI

590Chapter V. The Reconstruction Period

1305CHAPTER LXXII

591Chapter VI. Black Race And Red Race

1306CHAPTER LXXIII

592Chapter VII. Early Days At Tuskegee

1307Pearl Incident: Personal Memoir of Daniel Drayton, the Captain (Daniel Drayton)

593Chapter VIII. Teaching School In A Stable And A Hen-House

1308VOYAGE AND CAPTURE OF THE SCHOONER PEARL

594Chapter IX. Anxious Days And Sleepless Nights

1309MEMOIRS

595Chapter X. A Harder Task Than Making Bricks Without Straw

1310THE ABOLITION INCENDIARIES

596Chapter XI. Making Their Beds Before They Could Lie On Them

1311The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of African Slave-Trade (Thomas Clarkson)

597Chapter XII. Raising Money

1312PREFATORY REMARKS TO THE PRESENT EDITION

598Chapter XIII. Two Thousand Miles For A Five-Minute Speech

1313CHAPTER I

599Chapter XIV. The Atlanta Exposition Address

1314CHAPTER II

600Chapter XV. The Secret Of Success In Public Speaking

1315CHAPTER III

601Chapter XVI. Europe

1316CHAPTER IV

602Chapter XVII. Last Words

1317CHAPTER V

603The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (Olaudah Equiano)

1318CHAPTER VI

604VOLUME I

1319CHAPTER VII

605CHAPTER I

1320CHAPTER VIII

606CHAPTER II

1321CHAPTER IX

607CHAPTER III

1322CHAPTER X

608CHAPTER IV

1323CHAPTER XI

609CHAPTER V.

1324CHAPTER XII

610CHAPTER VI

1325CHAPTER XIII

611END OF THE FIRST VOLUME

1326CHAPTER XIV

612VOLUME II

1327CHAPTER XV

613CHAPTER VII

1328CHAPTER XVI

614CHAPTER VIII

1329CHAPTER XVII

615CHAPTER IX

1330CHAPTER XVIII

616CHAPTER X

1331CHAPTER XIX

617CHAPTER XI

1332CHAPTER XX

618CHAPTER XII

1333CHAPTER XXI

619Behind The Scenes: Thirty Years a Slave &amp; Four Years in the White House (Elizabeth Keckley)

1334CHAPTER XXII

620PREFACE

1335CHAPTER XXIII

621CHAPTER I WHERE I WAS BORN

1336CHAPTER XXIV

622CHAPTER II GIRLHOOD AND ITS SORROWS

1337CHAPTER XXV

623CHAPTER III HOW I GAINED MY FREEDOM

1338CHAPTER XXVI (pt. 1)

624CHAPTER IV IN THE FAMILY OF SENATOR JEFFERSON DAVIS

1339CHAPTER XXVI (pt. 2)

625CHAPTER V MY INTRODUCTION TO MRS. LINCOLN

1340CHAPTER XXVII

626CHAPTER VI WILLIE LINCOLN&#x27;S DEATH-BED

1341CHAPTER XXVIII

627CHAPTER VII WASHINGTON IN 1862-3

1342CHAPTER XXIX

628CHAPTER VIII CANDID OPINIONS

1343CHAPTER XXX

629CHAPTER IX BEHIND THE SCENES

1344CHAPTER XXXI

630CHAPTER X THE SECOND INAUGURATION

1345CHAPTER XXXII

631CHAPTER XI THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN

1346CHAPTER XXXIII

632CHAPTER XII MRS. LINCOLN LEAVES THE WHITE HOUSE

1347History of American Abolitionism from 1787 to 1861 (F. G. De Fontaine)

633CHAPTER XIII THE ORIGIN OF THE RIVALRY BETWEEN MR. DOUGLAS AND MR. LINCOLN

1348CHAPTER I

634CHAPTER XIV OLD FRIENDS

1349CHAPTER II THE FIRST EPOCH

635CHAPTER XV THE SECRET HISTORY OF MRS. LINCOLN&#x27;S WARDROBE IN NEW YORK

1350CHAPTER III SECOND EPOCH

636APPENDIX LETTERS FROM MRS. LINCOLN TO MRS. KECKLEY

1351CHAPTER IV

637The Underground Railroad (William Still)

1352CHAPTER V

638PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION

1353CHAPTER VI THIRD EPOCH

639SETH CONCKLIN

1354CHAPTER VII THE FOURTH EPOCH

640EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM REV. N.R. JOHNSTON

1355CHAPTER VIII

641LETTERS FROM LEVI COFFIN

1356CHAPTER IX HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY

642McKIERNON&#x27;S LETTER

1357Pictures of Slavery in Church and State (John Dixon Long)

643WM. STILL&#x27;S ANSWER

1358INTRODUCTION

644THE SEPARATION

1359CHAPTER I WHAT IS SOUTHERN SLAVERY, AND WHO ARE SLAVES

645UNDERGROUND RAIL ROAD LETTERS

1360CHAPTER II METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND SLAVERY

646LETTER FROM THOMAS GARRETT (U.G.R.R. DEPOT)

1361CHAPTER III THE CONFERENCE REPORT

647LETTER FROM MISS G.A. LEWIS (U.G.R.R. DEPOT)

1362CHAPTER IV THE MISCHIEVOUS COLT

648LETTER FROM E.L. STEVENS, ESQ

1363CHAPTER V ABOLITIONIST

649LETTER FROM S.H. GAY, ESQ., EX-EDITOR OF THE ANTI-SLAVERY STANDARD AND NEW YORK TRIBUNE

1364CHAPTER VI LOVE OF MILITARY TITLES

650LETTER FROM JOHN H. HILL, A FUGITIVE, APPEALING IN BEHALF OF A POOR SLAVE IN PETERSBURG, VA

1365CHAPTER VII GOING IN DEBT

651LETTER FROM J. BIGELOW, ESQ

1366CHAPTER VIII AUNT PHILLIS

652LETTER FROM HAM &amp; EGGS, SLAVE (U.G.R.R. AG&#x27;T)

1367CHAPTER IX POPULAR PREACHERS IN THE SOUTH

653LETTER FROM REV H. WILSON (U.G.R.R. AG&#x27;T)

1368CHAPTER X RUM AND SLAVERY

654LETTER FROM SHERIDAN FORD, IN DISTRESS

1369CHAPTER XI THE WICKED SLAVE

655LETTER FROM E.F. PENNYPACKER (U.G.R.R. DEPOT)

1370CHAPTER XII THE FOREIGN SLAVE-TRADE

656LETTER FROM JOS. C. BUSTILL (U.G.R.R. DEPOT)

1371CHAPTER XIII THE GREAT AMERICAN REPUBLIC

657LETTER FROM A SLAVE SECRETED IN RICHMOND

1372CHAPTER XIV TOBACCO AND SLAVERY

658LETTER FROM G.S. NELSON (U.G.R.R. DEPOT)

1373CHAPTER XV SLAVERY AND NOVELS

659LETTER FROM JOHN THOMPSON

1374CHAPTER XVI THE BALTIMORE CONFERENCE

660LETTER FROM &quot;WM. PENN&quot; (OF THE BAR)

1375CHAPTER XVII SLAVERY AND WHITE LABOR

661LETTER FROM MISS THEODOCIA GILBERT

1376CHAPTER XVIII MARYLAND HOSPITALITY

662WILLIAM PEEL, ALIAS WILLIAM BOX PEEL JONES ARRIVED PER ERRICSON LINE OF STEAMERS, WRAPPED IN STRAW AND BOXED UP, APRIL, 1859

1377CHAPTER XIX PERSONAL INCIDENTS

663DEATH OF ROMULUS HALL — NEW NAME GEORGE WEEMS

1378CHAPTER XX THE FOURTH OF JULY

664JAMES MERCER, WM. H. GILLIAM, AND JOHN CLAYTON STOWED AWAY IN A HOT BERTH

1379CHAPTER XXI A DYING BABE IN JAIL

665LETTER FROM MRS. L.E. WHITE

1380APPENDIX TESTIMONY OF JOHN WESLEY AGAINST SLAVERY

666LETTER FROM WILLIAM HENRY GILLIAM

1381Life, Last Words and Dying Speech of Stephen Smith, a Black Man, Who Was Executed at Boston for Burglary

667JAMES MERCER&#x27;S LETTER

1382Report of the Proceedings at the Examination of Charles G. Davis, Esq., on the Charge of Aiding and Abetting in the Rescue of a Fugitive Slave

668JOHN H. HILL&#x27;S LETTER

1383REPORT (pt. 1)

669CLARISSA DAVIS ARRIVED DRESSED IN MALE ATTIRE

1384REPORT (pt. 2)

670ANTHONY BLOW, ALIAS HENRY LEVISON SECRETED TEN MONTHS BEFORE STARTING — EIGHT DAYS STOWED AWAY ON A STEAMER BOUND FOR PHILADELPHIA

1385Act of Congress of 1850

671PERRY JOHNSON, OF ELKTON, MARYLAND EYE KNOCKED OUT, ETC

1386Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases (Ida B. Wells-Barnett)

672ISAAC FORMAN, WILLIAM DAVIS, AND WILLIS REDICK HEARTS FULL OF JOY FOR FREEDOM — VERY ANXIOUS FOR WIVES IN SLAVERY

1387PREFACE

673EXTRACT OF LETTER FROM ISAAC FORMAN

1388HON. FRED. DOUGLASS&#x27;S LETTER

674WILLIS REDICK

1389THE OFFENSE

675WILLIAM DAVIS

1390THE BLACK AND WHITE OF IT

676JOSEPH HENRY CAMP THE AUCTION BLOCK IS DEFEATED AND A SLAVE TRADER LOSES FOURTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS

1391THE NEW CRY

677SHERIDAN FORD SECRETED IN THE WOODS — ESCAPES IN A STEAMER

1392THE MALICIOUS AND UNTRUTHFUL WHITE PRESS

678JOSEPH KNEELAND, ALIAS JOSEPH HULSON

1393THE SOUTH&#x27;S POSITION

679EX-PRESIDENT TYLER&#x27;S HOUSEHOLD LOSES AN ARISTOCRATIC &quot;ARTICLE&quot;

1394SELF-HELP

680EDWARD MORGAN, HENRY JOHNSON, JAMES AND STEPHEN BUTLER

1395The Duty of Disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act: An Appeal to the Legislators of Massachusetts (Lydia Maria Child)

681HENRY PREDO BROKE JAIL, JUMPED OUT OF THE WINDOW AND MADE HIS ESCAPE

1396APPEAL TO THE LEGISLATORS OF MASSACHUSETTS

682DANIEL HUGHES

1397APPEAL TO THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT

683THOMAS ELLIOTT

1398TESTIMONIES AGAINST THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACT

684MARY EPPS, ALIAS EMMA BROWN — JOSEPH AND ROBERT ROBINSON A SLAVE MOTHER LOSES HER SPEECH AT THE SALE OF HER CHILD — BOB ESCAPES FROM HIS MASTER, A TRADER, WITH $1500 IN NORTH CAROLINA MONEY

1399VERMONT PERSONAL LIBERTY LAW

685GEORGE SOLOMON, DANIEL NEALL, BENJAMIN R. FLETCHER AND MARIA DORSEY

1400Emancipation Proclamation

686HENRY BOX BROWN ARRIVED BY ADAMS&#x27; EXPRESS

1401Emancipation Proclamation (January 1, 1863)

687TRIAL OF THE EMANCIPATORS OF COL. J.H. WHEELER&#x27;S SLAVES, JANE JOHNSON AND HER TWO LITTLE BOYS

1402PROCLAMATION 93

688THE ARRIVALS OF A SINGLE MONTH SIXTY PASSENGERS CAME IN ONE MONTH — TWENTY-EIGHT IN ONE ARRIVAL — GREAT PANIC AND INDIGNATION MEETING — INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE FROM MASTERS AND FUGITIVES

1403PROCLAMATION 93- Changed by William Seward

689SAMUEL PATTISON&#x27;S LETTER

1404PROCLAMATION 95

690INTERESTING LETTER FROM ISRAEL

1405Gettysburg Address

691LETTER FROM JOHN AUGUSTA

1406Civil Rights Legislation

692LETTER FROM MISS G. LEWIS ABOUT A PORTION OF THE SAME &quot;MEMORABLE TWENTY-EIGHT&quot;

1407Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1865)

693A SLAVE GIRL&#x27;S NARRATIVE CORDELIA LONEY, SLAVE OF MRS. JOSEPH CAHELL (WIDOW OF THE LATE HON. JOSEPH CAHELL, OF VA.), OF FREDERICKSBURG, VA. — CORDELIA&#x27;S ESCAPE FROM HER MISTRESS IN PHILADELPHIA

1408Civil Rights Act of 1866

694ARRIVAL OF JACKSON, ISAAC AND EDMONDSON TURNER FROM PETERSBURG TOUCHING SCENE ON MEETING THEIR OLD BLIND FATHER AT THE U.G.R.R. DEPOT

1409An Act

695ROBERT BROWN, ALIAS THOMAS JONES CROSSING THE RIVER ON HORSEBACK IN THE NIGHT

1410SECTION II

696ANTHONY LONEY, ALIAS WILLIAM ARMSTEAD

1411SECTION III

697CORNELIUS SCOTT

1412SECTION IV

698SAMUEL WILLIAMS, ALIAS JOHN WILLIAMS

1413SECTION V

699BARNABY GRIGBY, ALIAS JOHN BOYER, AND MARY ELIZABETH, HIS WIFE; FRANK WANZER, ALIAS ROBERT SCOTT; EMILY FOSTER, ALIAS ANN WOOD (TWO OTHERS WHO STARTED WITH THEM WERE CAPTURED)

1414SECTION VI

700WILLIAM JORDON, ALIAS WILLIAM PRICE

1415SECTION VII

701JOSEPH GRANT AND JOHN SPEAKS TWO PASSENGERS ON THE UNDERGROUND RAIL ROAD, VIA LIVERPOOL

1416SECTION VIII

702WILLIAM N. TAYLOR

1417SECTION IX

703LOUISA BROWN

1418SECTION X

704JACOB WATERS AND ALFRED GOULDEN

1419PRESIDENTIAL VETO

705ARRIVAL FROM BALTIMORE JEFFERSON PIPKINS, ALIAS DAVID JONES, LOUISA PIPKINS, ELIZABETH BRIT, HARRIET BROWN, ALIAS JANE WOOTON, GRACY MURRY, ALIAS SOPHIA SIMS, EDWARD WILLIAMS, ALIAS HENRY JOHNSON, CHAS. LEE, ALIAS THOMAS BUSHIER

1420VETO OVERRIDE

706SEVERAL ARRIVALS FROM DIFFERENT PLACES

1421Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1868)

707ARRIVAL FROM RICHMOND JEREMIAH W. SMITH AND WIFE JULIA

1422Reconstruction Acts (1867-1868)

708EIGHT ARRIVALS: JAMES MASSEY, PERRY HENRY TRUSTY, GEORGE RHOADS, JAMES RHOADS, GEORGE WASHINGTON, SARAH ELIZABETH RHOADS AND CHILD, MARY ELIZABETH STEVENSON

1423ACT OF MARCH 2, 1867

709CHARLES THOMPSON, CARRIER OF &quot;THE NATIONAL AMERICAN,&quot; OFF FOR CANADA

1424ACT OF MARCH 23, 1867

710BLOOD FLOWED FREELY ABRAM GALLOWAY AND RICHARD EDEN, TWO PASSENGERS SECRETED IN A VESSEL LOADED WITH SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE. SHROUDS PREPARED TO PREVENT BEING SMOKED TO DEATH

1425ACT OF JULY 19, 1867

711JOHN PETTIFOOT

1426MARCH 11, 1868

712EMANUEL T. WHITE

1427Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1870)

713THE ESCAPE OF A CHILD FOURTEEN MONTHS OLD

1428Analysis

714ESCAPE OF A YOUNG SLAVE MOTHER LEFT HER LITTLE BABY-BOY, LITTLE GIRL AND HUSBAND BEHIND

1429Reflection

715SAMUEL W. JOHNSON ARRIVAL FROM THE &quot;DAILY DISPATCH&quot; OFFICE