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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER IV.
MY CONVERSION.
A good man.—Hear a sermon for the first time.—Its effects upon me.—Prayer and communion.—Its first fruits,
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CHAPTER V.
MAIMED FOR LIFE.
Taking care of my drunken master.—His fight with an overseer.—Rescue him.—Am terribly beaten by the overseer.—My master seeks redress at law, but fails.—Sufferings then and since.—Retain my post as superintendent,
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CHAPTER VI
A RESPONSIBLE JOURNEY.
My marriage.—Marriage of my master.—His ruin.—Comes to me for aid.—A great enterprise undertaken.—Long and successful journey.—Incidents by the way.—Struggle between inclination and duty.—Duty triumphant,
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CHAPTER VII.
A NEW HOME.
Become a Methodist preacher.—My poor companions sold.—My agony.—Sent for again.—Interview with a kind Methodist preacher.—Visit free soil and begin my struggle for freedom,
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