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Contents.

EDITOR'S PREFACE, -- PAGE 15

Chapter I.

Introductory-Ancestry-The Northup Family-Birth and Parentage-Mintus Northup-Marriage with Anne Hampton-Good Resolutions-Champlain Canal-Rafting Excursion to Canada-Farming-The Violin-Cooking-Removal to Saratoga-Parker and Perry-Slaves and Slavery-The Children-The Beginning of Sorrow, -- 17

Chapter II.

The two Strangers-The Circus Company-Departure from Saratoga-Ventriloquism and Legerdemain-Journey to New-York-Free Papers-Brown and Hamilton-The haste to reach the Circus-Arrival in Washington-Funeral of Harrison-The Sudden Sickness-The Torment of Thirst-The Receding Light-Insensibility-Chains and Darkness, -- 28

Chapter III.

Painful Meditations-James H. Burch-Williams' Slave Pen in Washington-The Lackey, Radburn-Assert my Freedom-The Anger of the Trader-The Paddle and Cat-o'-nine-tails-The Whipping-New Acquaintances-Ray, Williams, and Randall-Arrival of Little Emily and her Mother in the Pen-Maternal Sorrows-The Story of Eliza, -- 40