Marriage with Anne Hampton --
Rafting Excursion to Canada --
The Beginning of Sorrow --
Departure from Saratoga --
Ventriloquism and Legerdemain --
The haste to reach the Circus --
Williams' Slave Pen in Washington --
The Anger of the Trader --
The Paddle and Cat-o'-nine-tails --
Ray, Williams, and Randall --
Arrival of Little Emily and her Mother in the Pen --
Driven Through the Streets of Washington --
The Tomb of Washington --
The Breakfast on the Steamer --
Goodin and his Slave Pen --
His subsequent Escape to Canada --
Jim, Cuffee, and Jenny --
The Meeting in the Forecastle --
Arrival at New-Orleans --
Theophilus Freeman, the Consignee --
First Night in the New-Orleans Slave Pen --
Cleanliness and Clothes --
Exercising in the Show Room --
The Old Gentleman of New-Orleans --
Sale of David, Caroline, and Lethe --
Parting of Randall and Eliza --
Recovery and Return to Freeman's Slave Pen --
The Purchaser of Eliza, Harry, and Platt --
Eliza's Agony on Parting from Little Emily --
Departure from New-Orleans --
Arrival at Alexandria, on Red River --
Martin's Summer Residence --
Arrival at Master Ford's --
Sally and her Children --
Walter, Sam, and Antony --
The Mills on Indian Creek --
The Profit of kindness --
Adam Taydem, the Little White Man --
Cascalla and his Tribe --
Mistress Ford's Plantation on Bayou Boeuf --
Description of the Latter --
Ford's Brother-in-law, Peter Tanner --
She still Mourns for her Children --
Ford's Overseer, Chapin --
The First Fight with Tibeats --
His Discomfiture and Castigation --
The attempt to Hang me --
Chapin's Interference and Speech --
Abrupt Departure of Tibeats, Cook, and Ramsey --
Lawson and the Brown Mule --
Message to the Pine Woods --
The Cords sink into my Flesh --
Rachel, and her Cup of Water --
The Happiness of Slavery --
He cuts the Cords which bind me, and takes the Rope from my Neck --
The gathering of the Slaves in Eliza's Cabin --
Rachel Repeats the Occurrences of the Day --
Lawson entertains his Companions with an Account of his Ride --
Chapin's apprehensions of Tibeats --
Peter expounds the Scriptures --
Description of the Stocks --
Impossibility of pleasing him --
He attacks me with a Hatchet --
The Struggle over the Broad Axe --
The Temptation to Murder him --
Escape across the Plantation --
Observations from the Fence --
Tibeats approaches, followed by the Hounds --
They almost overtake me --
Night in the "Great Pacoudrie Swamp" --
Emerge into the Pine Woods --
Slave and his Young Master --
The Crimson and Golden Fruit --
Orange and Pomegranate Trees --
Master Ford's Remarks on the way --
The Meeting with Tibeats --
His Account of the Chase --
Ford censures his Brutality --
Arrival at the Plantation --
Astonishment of the Slaves on seeing me --
The anticipated Flogging --
Mr. Eldret, the Planter --
Trip to the "Big Cane Brake" --
The Tradition of "Sutton's Field" --
The Arrival of Black Women in the Big Cane --
Sudden Appearance of Tibeats --
His Provoking Treatment --
Personal Appearance of Epps --
A Glimpse of his History --
The Mode of Ploughing and Preparing Ground --
Of Planting, of Hoeing, of Picking, of Treating Raw Hands --
The difference in Cotton Pickers --
Patsey a remarkable one --
Tasked according to Ability --
Beauty of a Cotton Field --
Fear of Approaching the Gin-House --
Mode of Cultivating Corn --
Symptoms of approaching Illness --
Failure at Cotton Picking --
What may be heard on Epps' Plantation --
Epps in a Whipping Mood --
Epps in a Dancing Mood --
Description of the Dance --
Loss of Rest no Excuse --
Removal from Huff Power to Bayou Boeuf --
Description of Uncle Abram; of Wiley; of Aunt Phebe; of Bob, Henry, and Edward; of Patsey; with a Genealogical Account of each --
Something of their Past History, and Peculiar Characteristics --
Destruction of the Cotton Crop in 1845 --
Demand for Laborers in St.
Sent thither in a Drove --
The Order of the March --
Hired to Judge Turner on Bayou Salle --
Appointed Driver in his Sugar House --
Slave Furniture; how obtained --
The Party at Yarney's, in Centreville --
The Captain of the Steamer --
His Refusal to Secrete me --
Hunting the Coon and Opossum --
The Cunning of the latter --
The Lean Condition of the Slave --
Description of the Fish Trap --
The Murder of the Man from Natchez --
Epps Chalenged by Marshall --
The Influence of Slavery --
Labors on Sugar Plantations --
The Mode of Planting Cane --
Description of the Cane Knife --
Preparing for Succeeding Crops --
Description of Hawkins' Sugar Mill on Bayou Boeuf --
The Christmas Holidays --
The Carnival Season of the Children of Bondage --
Red, the Favorite Color --
The Violin, and the Consolation it afforded --
Sam Roberts, and his Rivals --
Southern Life as it is --
Three Days in the Year --
The System of Marriage --
Uncle Abram's Contempt of Matrimony --
How they are Armed and Accompanied --
His Execution at Marksville --
Appointed Driver on removing to Bayou Boeuf --
Practice makes perfect --
Epps's Attempt to Cut Platt's Throat --
Protected by the Mistress --
Forbids Reading and Writing --
Obtain a Sheet of Paper after Nine Years' Effort --
Armsby, the Mean White --
Partially confide in him --
Armsby leaves the Bayou --
Disappointment and Despair --
Wiley disregards the counsels of Aunt Phebe and Uncle Abram, and is caught by the Patrollers --
The Organization and Duties of the latter --
Speculations in regard to him --
His Capture on the Red River, and Confinement in Alexandria Jail --
Discovered by Joseph B. Roberts --
Subduing Dogs in anticipation of Escape --
The Fugitives in the Great Pine Woods --
Captured by Adam Taydem and the Indians --
Augustus killed by Dogs --
Nelly, Eldret's Slave Woman --
The Concerted Movement --
Lew Cheney, the Traitor --
The Idea of Insurrection --
Conversation with Aunt Phebe overheard --
Epps in the Tanning Business --
Stabbing of Uncle Abram --
Her Return from Shaw's --
Harriet, Shaw's Black Wife --
Patsey denies his Charges --
She is Tied Down Naked to Four Stakes --
