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CONTENTS.
| PAGE. | |
| The Enigma solved—Turner's Insurrection, | 165 |
| First Awakened on the subject of Religion, | 166 |
| My Friend Lawson—His Character and Occupation, | 167 |
| Comfort Derived from his Teaching, | 168 |
| New Hopes and Aspirations, | 169 |
| The Irishmen on the Wharf—Their Sympathy, | 170 |
| How I learned to Write, | 171 |
| Chapter XIII. | |
| THE VICISSITUDES OF SLAVE LIFE. | |
| Death of Young Master Richard, | 173 |
| Author's Presence required at the Division of Old Master's Property, | 174 |
| Attachment of Slaves to their Homes, | 176 |
| Sad Prospects and Grief, | 177 |
| General Dread of Master Andrew—His Cruelty, | 178 |
| Return to Baltimore—Death of Mistress Lucretia, | 179 |
| My poor old Grandmother—Her sad Fate, | 180 |
| Second Marriage of Master Thomas, | 181 |
| Again Removed from Master Hugh's, | 182 |
| Regrets at Leaving Baltimore, | 183 |
| A Plan of Escape Entertained, | 184 |
| Chapter XIV. | |
| EXPERIENCE IN ST. MICHAEL'S. | |
| The Village and its Inhabitants, | 185 |
| Meteoric Phenomena—Author's Impressions, | 186 |
| Character of my new Master and Mistress, | 187 |
| Allowance of Food—Sufferings from Hunger, | 188 |
| Stealing and its Vindication, | 189 |
| A new Profession of Faith, | 190 |
| Morality of Free Society has no Application to Slave Society, | 191 |
| Southern Camp-Meeting—Master Thomas professes Conversion, | 193 |
| Hopes and Suspicions, | 194 |
| The Result—Faith and Works entirely at Variance, | 195 |
| No more Meal brought from the Mill—Methodist Preachers, | 197 |
| Their utter Disregard of the Slaves—An Exception, | 198 |
| A Sabbath School Instituted, | 199 |
| How broken up and by whom, | 200 |
| Cruel Treatment of Cousin Henny by Master Thomas, | 201 |
| Differences with Master Thomas, and the Consequences, | 202 |
| Edward Covey—His Character, | 203 |
| Chapter XV. | |
| COVEY, THE NEGRO-BREAKER. | |
| Journey to my new Master's, | 205 |
| Meditations by the way, | 206 |
| View of Covey's Residence—The Family, | 207 |
| Awkwardness as a Field Hand, | 208 |
| First Adventure at Ox Driving, | 209 |
| Unruly Animals—Hair-breadth Escapes, | 211 |
| Oxen and Men—Points of Similarity, | 212 |
