LIFE IN CANADA. 138 Condition of the blacks in Canada.—A tour of exploration.—Appeal to the Legislature.—Improvements. CHAPTER XVI. CONDUCTING SLAVES TO CANADA. 144 Sympathy for the slaves.—James Lightfoot.—My first mission to the South.—A Kentucky company of fugitives.—Safe at home.[Pg xi] CHAPTER XVII. SECOND JOURNEY ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. 150 A shower of stars.—Kentuckians.—A stratagem.—A providence.—Conducted across the Miami River by a cow.—Arrival at Cincinnati.—One of the party taken ill.—We leave him to die.—Meet a "friend."—A poor white man.—A strange impression.—Once more in Canada. CHAPTER XVIII. HOME AT DAWN. 165 Condition in Canada.—Efforts in behalf of my people.—Rev. Mr. Wilson.—A convention of blacks.—Manual-labor school. CHAPTER XIX. LUMBERING OPERATIONS. 173 Industrial project.—Find some able friends in Boston.—Procure funds and construct a saw-mill.—Sales of lumber in Boston.—Incident in the Custom House. CHAPTER XX. VISIT TO ENGLAND. 179 Debt on the institution.—A new pecuniary enterprise.—Letters of recommendation to England.—Personal difficulties.—Called an impostor.—Triumphant victory over these troubles. CHAPTER XXI. THE WORLD'S FAIR IN LONDON. 187 My contribution to the great exhibition.—Difficulty [Pg xii]with the American superintendent.—Happy release.—The great crowd.—A call from the Queen.—Medal awarded to me. CHAPTER XXII. VISITS TO THE RAGGED SCHOOLS. 194 Speech at Sunday School Anniversary.—Interview with Lord Grey.—Interview with the Archbishop of Canterbury, and dinner with Lord John Russell, the great events of my life. CHAPTER XXIII. CLOSING UP MY LONDON AGENCY. 203 My narrative published.—Letter from home apprising me of the sickness of my wife.—Departure from London.—Arrival at home.—Meeting with my family.—The great sorrow of my life, the death of my wife. CHAPTER XXIV. CLOSING CHAPTER. 209 Containing an accurate account of the past and present condition of the fugitive slaves in Canada, with some remarks on their future prospects. BLACK REBELLION: FIVE SLAVE REVOLTS By Thomas Wentworth Higginson CONTENTS AUTHOR'S NOTE: THE MAROONS OF JAMAICA THE MAROONS OF SURINAM. GABRIEL'S DEFEAT DENMARK VESEY NAT TURNER'S INSURRECTION APPENDIX OF AUTHORITIES THIRTY YEARS A SLAVE From Bondage to Freedom AUTOBIOGRAPHY By Louis Hughes CONTENTS PREFACE. CHAPTER I. LIFE ON A COTTON PLANTATION. CHAPTER II. SOCIAL AND OTHER ASPECTS OF SLAVERY. CHAPTER III. SLAVERY AND THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. CHAPTER IV. REBELLION WEAKENING; SLAVES' HOPES STRENGTHENING. CHAPTER V. FREEDOM AFTER SLAVERY.