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CONTENTS.
| PAGE. | |
| Etiquette among Slaves, | 69 |
| The Comic Slave-Doctor, | 70 |
| Praying and Flogging, | 71 |
| Business of Old Master, | 73 |
| Sufferings from Hunger, | 75 |
| Jargon of the Plantation, | 76 |
| Family of Col. Lloyd—Mas' Daniel, | 77 |
| Family of Old Master—Social Position, | 78 |
| Chapter V. | |
| GRADUAL INITIATION INTO THE MYSTERIES OF SLAVERY. | |
| Growing Acquaintance with Old Master—His Character, | 79 |
| Evils of Unrestrained Passion—A Man of Trouble, | 80 |
| Supposed Obtuseness of Slave-Children, | 81 |
| Brutal Outrage on my Aunt Milly by a drunken Overseer, | 82 |
| Slaveholders' Impatience at Appeals against Cruelty, | 83 |
| Wisdom of appealing to Superiors, | 84 |
| Attempt to break up a Courtship, | 85 |
| Slavery destroys all Incentives to a Virtuous Life, | 86 |
| A Harrowing Scene, | 87 |
| Chapter VI. | |
| TREATMENT OF SLAVES ON LLOYD'S PLANTATION. | |
| The Author's Early Reflections on Slavery, | 89 |
| Conclusions at which he Arrived, | 90 |
| Presentiment of one day being a Freeman, | 91 |
| Combat between an Overseer and & Slave-Woman, | 92 |
| Nelly's noble Resistance, | 94 |
| Advantages of Resistance, | 95 |
| Mr. Sevier, the brutal Overseer, and his Successors, | 96 |
| Allowance-day on the Home Plantation, | 97 |
| The Singing of the Slaves no Proof of Contentment, | 98 |
| Food and Clothing of the Slaves, | 100 |
| Naked Children, | 101 |
| Nursing Children carried to the Field, | 102 |
| Description of the Cowskin, | 103 |
| Manner of making the Ash Cake—The Dinner Hour, | 104 |
| Contrast at the Great House, | 105 |
| Chapter VII. | |
| LIFE IN THE GREAT HOUSE. | |
| Comfort And Luxuries—Elaborate Expenditure, | 107 |
| Men and Maid Servants—Black Aristocracy, | 109 |
| Stable and Carriage House, | 110 |
| Deceptive Character of Slavery, | 111 |
| Slaves and Slaveholders alike Unhappy, | 112 |
| Fretfulness and Capriciousness of Slaveholders, | 113 |
| Whipping of Old Barney by Col. Lloyd, | 114 |
| William Wilks, a supposed son of Col. Lloyd, | 115 |
| Curious Incident—Penalty of telling the Truth, | 116 |
| Preference of Slaves for Rich Masters, | 118 |
