Apprenticeship Life.

Nothing lost by the attempt to run away—Comrades in their old homes—Reasons for sending author away—Return to Baltimore—Contrast between ‘Tommy’ and that of his colored companion—Trials in Gardiner’s ship yard—Desperate fight—its causes—Conflict between white and black labor—Description of the outrage—Colored testimony nothing—Conduct of Master Hugh—Spirit...

Covey, The Negro Breaker.

Journey to my new master’s—meditations by the way—view of Covey’s residence—the family—the author’s awkwardness as a field hand—a cruel beating—why it was given—description of Covey—first adventure at ox driving—hair breadth escapes—ox and man alike property—Covey’s manner of proceeding to whip—hard labor better than the whip...

The Vicissitudes of Slave Life.

Death of old master’s son Richard, speedily followed by that of old master—valuation and division of all the property, including the slaves—my presence required at Hillsborough to be appraised and allotted to a new owner—my sad prospects and grief—parting—the utter powerlessness of the slaves to...

Life in the Great House.

Comforts and luxuries—elaborate expenditure—house servants—men servants and maid servants—appearances—slave aristocracy—stable and carriage house—boundless hospitality—fragrance of rich dishes—the deceptive character of slavery—slaves seem happy—slaves and slaveholders alike wretched—fretful discontent of slaveholders—fault-finding—old barney—his profession—whipping—humiliating spectacle—case exceptional—William Wilks—supposed son of Col. Lloyd—curious incident—slaves prefer rich masters to poor...

Twenty-One Months in Great Britain.

Good arising out of unpropitious events—Denied cabin passage—Proscription turned to good account—The Hutchinson Family—The mob on board the Cambria—Happy introduction to the British public—Letter addressed to William Lloyd Garrison—Time and labors while abroad—Freedom purchased—Mrs Henry Richardson—Free papers—Abolitionists displeased with the ransom—How the author’s energies were...

The Last Flogging.

A sleepless night—Return to Covey’s—Pursued by Covey—The chase defeated—Vengeance postponed—Musings in the woods—The alternative—Deplorable spectacle—Night in the woods—Expected attack—Accosted by Sandy, a friend, not a hunter—Sandy’s hospitality—The ‘ash cake’ supper—The interview with Sandy—His advice—Sandy a conjurer as well as a christian—The magic root—Strange meeting with...

Another Pressure of the Tyrant’s Vice.

Experience at Covey’s summed up—First six months severer than the second—Preliminaries to the change—Reasons for narrating the circumstances—Scene in the treading yard—Author taken ill—Unusual brutality of Covey—Author escapes to St Michael’s—The pursuit—Suffering in the woods—Driven back again to Covey’s—Bearing of ‘Master Thomas’—The slave is never...

A General Survey of the Slave Plantation.

Isolation of Lloyd’s plantation—public opinion there no protection to the slave—absolute power of the overseer—natural and artificial charms of the place—its business-like appearance—superstition about the burial ground—great ideas of Col. Lloyd—etiquette among slaves—the comic slave doctor—praying and flogging—‘old master’ losing its terrors—his business—character of ‘Aunt...

Introduction

When a man raises himself from the lowest condition in society to the highest, mankind pay him the tribute of their admiration; when he accomplishes this elevation by native energy, guided by prudence and wisdom, their admiration is increased; but when his course, onward...

Introduced to the Abolitionists.

First speech at Nantucket—Much sensation—Extraordinary speech of Mr Garrison—Author becomes a public lecturer—Fourteen years’ experience—Youthful enthusiasm—A brand new fact—Matter of the author’s speech—He could not follow the programme—His fugitive slaveship doubted—To settle all doubt he writes his experience of slavery—Danger of recapture increased. In...