CHAPTER V. FREEDOM AFTER SLAVERY.

INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL. Written by Herself. By Linda Brent CONTENTS PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL I Childhood II The New Master And Mistress III The Slaves' New Year's Day IV The Slave Who Dared To Feel Like A Man V The Trials Of Girlhood VI The Jealous Mistress VII The Lover VIII What Slaves Are Taught To Think Of The North IX Sketches Of Neighboring Slaveholders X A Perilous Passage In The Slave Girl's Life. XI The New Tie To Life XII Fear Of Insurrection XIII The Church And Slavery XIV Another Link To Life XV Continued Persecutions XVI Scenes At The Plantation XVII The Flight XVIII Months Of Peril XIX The Children Sold XX New Perils XXI The Loophole Of Retreat XXII Christmas Festivities XXIII Still In Prison XXIV The Candidate For Congress XXV Competition In Cunning XXVI Important Era In My Brother's Life XXVII New Destination For The Children XXVIII Aunt Nancy XXIX Preparations For Escape XXX Northward Bound XXXI Incidents In Philadelphia XXXII The Meeting Of Mother And Daughter XXXIII A Home Found XXXIV The Old Enemy Again XXXV Prejudice Against Color XXXVI The Hairbreadth Escape XXXVII A Visit To England XXXVIII Renewed Invitations To Go South XXXIX The Confession XL The Fugitive Slave Law XLI Free At Last APPENDIX

BEHIND THE SCENES. By Elizabeth Keckley THIRTY YEARS A SLAVE, AND FOUR YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE CONTENTS Preface 3