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CONTENTS.
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| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| RETURN TO MARYLAND. | |
Reception from my old master.—A slave again.—Appeal to an old friend.—Buy my freedom.—Cheated and betrayed.—Back to Kentucky, and a slave again,
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| CHAPTER IX. | |
| TAKEN SOUTH, AWAY FROM WIFE AND CHILDREN. | |
Start for New Orleans.—Study navigation on the Mississippi.—The captain struck blind.—Find some of my old companions.—The lower depths,
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| CHAPTER X. | |
| A TERRIBLE TEMPTATION. | |
Sigh for death.—A murder in my heart.—The axe raised.—Conscience speaks and I am saved.—God be praised!
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| CHAPTER XI. | |
| PROVIDENTIAL DELIVERANCE. | |
Offered for sale.—Examined by purchasers.—Plead with my young master in vain,—Man's extremity, God's opportunity.—Good for evil.—Return North.—My increased value.—Resolve to be a slave no longer,
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| CHAPTER XII. | |
| ESCAPE FROM BONDAGE. | |
Solitary Musings.—Preparations for flight.—A long good-night to master.—A dark night on the river.—Night journeys in Indiana.—On the brink of starvation.—A kind woman.—A new style of drinking cup.—Reach Cincinnati,
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