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 Chapter I. Where I was born 7 Chapter II. Girlhood and its Sorrows 13 Chapter III. How I gained my Freedom 19 Chapter IV. In the Family of Senator Jefferson Davis 28 Chapter V. My Introduction to Mrs. Lincoln 34 Chapter VI. Willie Lincoln's Death-bed 41 Chapter VII. Washington in 1862-3 50 Chapter VIII. Candid Opinions 57 Chapter IX. Behind the Scenes 62 Chapter X. The Second Inauguration 68 Chapter XI. The Assassination of President Lincoln 77 Chapter XII. Mrs. Lincoln leaves the White House 89 Chapter XIII. The Origin of the Rivalry between Mr. Douglas and Mr. Lincoln 101 Chapter XIV. Old Friends 106 Chapter XV. The Secret History of Mrs. Lincoln's Wardrobe in New York 119 Appendix --Letters from Mrs. Lincoln to Mrs. Keckley 147 THE SLAVERY QUESTION. By John Lawrence CONTENTS CHAPTER I. ORIGIN OF AMERICAN SLAVERY. THE SLAVE TRADE. Seven millions of slaves in America—Slavery originated in the African slave trade—Slave-trade unprovoked—Excited by lust for gold—Commenced by the Portuguese in 1434—Spaniards in 1511—English in 1556—President Edwards quoted—100,000 annually destroyed—Report made to the British House of Commons—Startling statistics—A slave ship described—Slave-trade declared to be piracy and abolishedpage 13 CHAPTER II. SLAVERY DEFINED. PROPERTY IN A HUMAN BEING. A slave is a chattel—Authorities quoted—Advertised and sold as property—Facts adduced—sale of a boy—a woman with an infant in her arms—a mother—American slave-code identical in principle with the Romanpage 30[Pg viii]