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CONTENTS.
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| PAGE. | |
| Chapter VIII. | |
| A CHAPTER OF HORRORS. | |
| Austin Gore—Sketch of his Character, | 119 |
| Absolute Power of Overseers, | 121 |
| Murder of Denby—How it Occurred, | 122 |
| How Gore made Peace with Col. Lloyd, | 123 |
| Murder of a Slave-girl by Mrs. Hicks, | 125 |
| No Laws for the Protection of Slaves can be Enforced, | 127 |
| Chapter IX. | |
| PERSONAL TREATMENT OF THE AUTHOR. | |
| Miss Lucretia Auld—Her Kindness, | 129 |
| A Battle with "Ike," and its Consequences, | 130 |
| Beams of Sunlight, | 131 |
| Suffering from Cold—How we took our Meals, | 132 |
| Orders to prepare to go to Baltimore—Extraordinary Cleansing, | 134 |
| Cousin Tom's Description of Baltimore, | 135 |
| The Journey, | 136 |
| Arrival at Baltimore, | 137 |
| Kindness of my new Mistress—Little Tommy, | 138 |
| A Turning Point in my History, | 139 |
| Chapter X. | |
| LIFE IN BALTIMORE. | |
| City Annoyances—Plantation Regrets, | 141 |
| My Improved Condition, | 142 |
| Character of my new Master, Hugh Auld, | 143 |
| My Occupation—Increased Sensitiveness, | 144 |
| Commencement of Learning to Read—Why Discontinued, | 145 |
| Master Hugh's Exposition of the true Philosophy of Slavery, | 146 |
| Increased Determination to Learn, | 147 |
| Contrast between City and Plantation Slaves, | 148 |
| Mrs. Hamilton's Brutal Treatment of her Slaves, | 149 |
| Chapter XI. | |
| "A CHANGE CAME O'ER THE SPIRIT OF MY DREAM." | |
| Knowledge Acquired by Stealth, | 151 |
| My Mistress—Her Slaveholding Duties, | 152 |
| Deplorable Effects on her Character, | 153 |
| How I pursued my Education—My Tutors, | 155 |
| My Deliberations on the Character of Slavery, | 156 |
| The Columbian Orator and its Lessons, | 157 |
| Speeches of Chatham, Sheridan, Pitt, and Fox, | 158 |
| Knowledge ever Increasing—My Eyes Opened, | 159 |
| How I pined for Liberty, | 160 |
| Dissatisfaction of my poor Mistress, | 161 |
| Chapter XII. | |
| RELIGIOUS NATURE AWAKENED. | |
| Abolitionists spoken of, | 163 |
| Eagerness to know what the word meant, | 164 |
