Twelve Years a Slave Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation near the Red River in Louisiana

CHAPTER IX.

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The Hot Sun--Yet bound--The Cords sink into my Flesh--Chapin's Uneasiness--Speculation--Rachel, and her Cup of Water--Suffering increases--The Happiness of Slavery--Arrival of Ford--He cuts the Cords which bind me, and takes the Rope from my Neck--Misery--The gathering of the Slaves in Eliza's Cabin--Their Kindness--Rachel Repeats the Occurrences of the Day--Lawson entertains his Companions with an Account of his Ride--Chapin's apprehensions of Tibeats--Hired to Peter Tanner--Peter expounds the Scriptures--Description of the Stocks, 118