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Show 10 Contents. CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES. • • • . . . . . . . . . . 170 183 189 193 STILL IN PRISON. • • • • • . . . . . • • TuE CANDIDATE FOit CoNGREss. . . . . . . . CoMrETITinN IN CuNNING. • • • • • • • . . . . . . . . . . . brroRTANT ERA IN MY Bn.oTnEn.'s LIFE. NEW DESTINATION FOR TJIE CHILDREN. . . . . . • • 201 AuNT NANCY. . . . . . }>REPARATIONS FOR EscAPE. N ORTIIWARD BouND. • • • • • • • • • • 207 • • • . . . . . . • • 217 . . . . . . . . . . • 22-i . . . . . • • • • 237 INCIDENTS IN PHILADELPHIA. • • • • • • • • THE MEETING OF 1tfoTHER AND DAUGHTER. • • • • • • 242 • • • 249 A Ho:\tE FouND. . . . . . . • • • 254 TnE OLD ENEMY AGAIN. • • • • • • • • • • • • • 258 PREJUDICE AGAINST CoLoR. • • • • • • • • • • • • 261 TuE HAIR-BREADTII EscAPE. . . . . . . . . . . • 268 A VISIT TO ENGLAXD. . . . . . . • • • • • • • 275 RENEWED INVITATION TO oo SouTn. • • • • • • • • 279 TnE CoNFESSION. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 282 TnE FuGITIVE SLAVE LAw. • • • • • • • • • • • • 285 :FREE AT LAST. • • • • • . . • • • • • • • • • 293 .B.PPENDIX. , • , , • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 304 INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL, SEVEN YEARS CONCEALED. I. CHILDHOOD. I WAS born a slave ; but I never knew it till six years of happy childhood had passed away. My father was a carpenter, and considered so intelligent and skilful iu his trade, that, 'vhen buildings out of the common line wore to be erected, he was sent for from long distances, to be head workman. On condition of paying his mistress two hundred dollars a year, and supporting himself, he was allowed to work at his trade, and manage his own affairs. His strongest wish was to purchase his children ; but, though he several ti1nes offered his hard earnings for that purpose, he never succeeded. In complexion my parents were a light shade of bro·wnish yellow, and were termed mulattoes. They lived together in a comfortable home; and, though we were all slaves, I was so fondly shielded that I never drea1ned I was a piece (11) |