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CONTENTS.
| PAGE. | |
| Introduction, | 17 |
| Chapter I. | |
| THE AUTHOR'S CHILDHOOD. | |
| Place of Birth, | 33 |
| Character of the District, | 34 |
| Time of Birth—My Grandparents, | 35 |
| Character of my Grandmother, | 36 |
| The Log Cabin—Its Charms, | 37 |
| First Knowledge of being a Slave, | 38 |
| Old Master—Griefs and Joys of Childhood, | 39 |
| Comparative Happiness of the Slave-Boy and his White Brother, | 40 |
| Chapter II. | |
| THE AUTHOR REMOVED FROM HIS FIRST HOME. | |
| The name "Old Master" a Terror, | 43 |
| Home Attractions—Dread of being removed from Tuckahoe, | 44 |
| The Journey to Col. Lloyd's Plantation, | 46 |
| Scene on reaching Old Master's, | 47 |
| First Meeting with my Brothers and Sisters, | 48 |
| Departure of Grandmother—Author's Grief, | 49 |
| Chapter III. | |
| THE AUTHOR'S PARENTAGE. | |
| Author's Father shrouded in Mystery, | 51 |
| My Mother—Her Personal Appearance, | 52 |
| Her Situation—Visits to her Boy, | 53 |
| Cruelty of "Aunt Katy"—Threatened Starvation, | 55 |
| My Mother's Interference, | 56 |
| Her Death, | 57 |
| Her Love of Knowledge, | 58 |
| Penalty for having a White Father, | 59 |
| Chapter IV. | |
| A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE SLAVE PLANTATION. | |
| Slaveholding Cruelty restrained by Public Opinion, | 61 |
| Isolation of Lloyd's Plantation, | 62 |
| Beyond the reach of Public Opinion, | 53 |
| Religion and Politics alike Excluded, | 64 |
| Natural and Artificial Charms of the Place, | 65 |
| The "Great House," | 67 |
