Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR
- INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR
- Contents
- CHILDHOOD
- THE NEW MASTER AND MISTRESS
- THE SLAVES' NEW YEAR'S DAY
- THE SLAVE WHO DARED TO FEEL LIKE A MAN
- THE TRIALS OF GIRLHOOD
- THE JEALOUS MISTRESS
- THE LOVER
- WHAT SLAVES ARE TAUGHT TO THINK OF THE NORTH
- SKETCHES OF NEIGHBORING SLAVEHOLDERS
- A PERILOUS PASSAGE IN THE SLAVE GIRL'S LIFE
- THE NEW TIE TO LIFE
- FEAR OF INSURRECTION
- THE CHURCH AND SLAVERY
- ANOTHER LINK TO LIFE
- CONTINUED PERSECUTIONS
- SCENES AT THE PLANTATION
- THE FLIGHT
- MONTHS OF PERIL
- THE CHILDREN SOLD
- NEW PERILS
- THE LOOPHOIE OF RETREAT
- CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES
- STILL IN PRISON
- THE CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS
- COMPETITION IN CUNNING
- IMPORTANT ERA IN MY BROTHER'S LIFE
- NEW DESTINATION FOR THE CHILDREN
- AUNT NANCY
- PREPARATIONS FOR ESCAPE
- NORTHWARD BOUND
- INCIDENTS IN PHILADELPHIA
- THE MEETING OF MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
- A HOME FOUND
- THE OLD ENEMY AGAIN
- PREJUDICE AGAINST COLOR
- THE HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPE
- A VISIT TO ENGLAND
- RENEWED INVITATION TO GO SOUTH
- THE CONFESSION
- THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW
- FREE AT LAST
- APPENDIX
PREPARATIONS FOR ESCAPE
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR
- INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR
- Contents
- CHILDHOOD
- THE NEW MASTER AND MISTRESS
- THE SLAVES' NEW YEAR'S DAY
- THE SLAVE WHO DARED TO FEEL LIKE A MAN
- THE TRIALS OF GIRLHOOD
- THE JEALOUS MISTRESS
- THE LOVER
- WHAT SLAVES ARE TAUGHT TO THINK OF THE NORTH
- SKETCHES OF NEIGHBORING SLAVEHOLDERS
- A PERILOUS PASSAGE IN THE SLAVE GIRL'S LIFE
- THE NEW TIE TO LIFE
- FEAR OF INSURRECTION
- THE CHURCH AND SLAVERY
- ANOTHER LINK TO LIFE
- CONTINUED PERSECUTIONS
- SCENES AT THE PLANTATION
- THE FLIGHT
- MONTHS OF PERIL
- THE CHILDREN SOLD
- NEW PERILS
- THE LOOPHOIE OF RETREAT
- CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES
- STILL IN PRISON
- THE CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS
- COMPETITION IN CUNNING
- IMPORTANT ERA IN MY BROTHER'S LIFE
- NEW DESTINATION FOR THE CHILDREN
- AUNT NANCY
- PREPARATIONS FOR ESCAPE
- NORTHWARD BOUND
- INCIDENTS IN PHILADELPHIA
- THE MEETING OF MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
- A HOME FOUND
- THE OLD ENEMY AGAIN
- PREJUDICE AGAINST COLOR
- THE HAIR-BREADTH ESCAPE
- A VISIT TO ENGLAND
- RENEWED INVITATION TO GO SOUTH
- THE CONFESSION
- THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW
- FREE AT LAST
- APPENDIX
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- The Deeper WrongOr, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, pp. 224 - 236Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1862