| PART I. |
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| CHAPTER I.—Introduction | p. 5 |
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| CHAPTER II.—Haley. | 5 |
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| Author’s experience.—Trader’s letter.—Kephart’s examination.—Invoice of human beings.—Various classes of traders. | |
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| CHAPTER III.—Mr. and Mrs. Shelby. | 8 |
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| Account of a well-regulated plantation.—Extract from Ingraham. | |
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| CHAPTER IV.—George Harris. | 13 |
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| Advertisements.—Lewis Clark.—Mrs. Banton.—Story of Lewis’ sister.—Mr. Nelson’s story.—Frederick Douglas.—Josiah Henson’s account of the sale of his mother and her children.—Recent incident in Boston.—Advertisements for dead or alive. | |
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| CHAPTER V.—Eliza. | 21 |
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| Author’s experience.—History of a slave-girl and her escape. | |
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| CHAPTER VI.—Uncle Tom. | 23 |
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| Similar case.—Old Virginia family servant.—Bishop Meade’s remarks.—Judge Upshur’s servant.—Instance in Brunswick, Me.—History of Josiah Henson.—Uncle Tom’s vision.—Similar facts.—Story of a Boston lady.—Instance of the Southern lady on a plantation.—Story of an African woman.—Account of old Jacob. | |
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| CHAPTER VII.—Miss Ophelia. | 30 |
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| Prejudice of color—Instance in a benevolent lady.—Dr. Pennington.—Influence of this upon slaveholders.—True Christian socialism.—Amos Lawrence. | |
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| CHAPTER VIII.—Marie St. Clare. | 33 |
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| The Northern Marie St. Clare.—The Southern Marie St. Clare.—Degrading punishment of females.—Dr. Howe’s account. | |
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| CHAPTER IX.—St. Clare. | 35 |
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| Alfred and Augustine St. Clare representatives of two classes of men.—Letter of Patrick Henry.—Southern men reproving Northern men.—Mr. Mitchell, of Tennessee.—John Randolph of Roanoke.—Instance of a sceptic made by the Biblical defence of slavery.—Baltimore Sun on Biblical defence of slavery.—Specimen of pro-slavery preaching. | |
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| CHAPTER X.—Legree. | 39 |
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| No test of character required in a master.—Mr. Dickey’s account in “Slavery as It Is.”—“Working up slaves.”—Extracts from Mr. Weld’s book.—Agricultural society’s testimony.—James G. Birney’s do.—Henry Clay’s do.—Samuel Blackwell’s.—Dr. Demming’s.—Dr. Channing’s.—Rev. Mr. Barrows’.—Rev. C. C. Jones’.—Causes of severe labor on sugar plantations.—Professor Ingraham’s testimony.—Periodical pressure of labor in the cotton season.—Letter of a cotton-driver, published in the Fairfield Herald.—Testimony as to slave-dwellings.—Mr. Stephen E. Maltby.—Mr. George Avery.—William Ladd, Esq.—Rev. Joseph M. Sadd, Esq.—Mr. George W. Westgate.—Rev. C. C. Jones.—Extract from recent letter from a friend travelling in the South.—Extracts with relation to the food of the slaves.—Professor Ingraham’s anecdotes. | |
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| CHAPTER XI.—Select Incidents of Lawful Trade. | 47 |
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| Separation of an aged mother from her son authenticated.—Selling of the woman to the trader authenticated.—Parting the infant from the mother verified.—Suicide of slaves from grief authenticated.—Parting of “John aged 30” from his wife authenticated.—Case of old Prue in New Orleans authenticated.—Story of the mulatto woman authenticated. | |
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| CHAPTER XII.—Topsy. | 50 |
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| Effect of the principle of caste upon children.—Letter from Dr. Pennington.—Instance of the Southern lady.—Story of the devoted slave. | |
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| CHAPTER XIII.—The Quakers. | 54 |
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| Trial of Garret and Hunn.—Imprisonment of Richard Dillingham.—Poetry of Whittier. | |
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| CHAPTER XIV.—Spirit of St. Clare. | 59 |
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| Containing various testimony from Southern papers and men in favor of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. | |
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| PART II |
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| CHAPTER I | p. 67 |
