Chapter Introductory--Ancestry--The Northup Family--Birth and

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 The two Strangers--The Circus Company--Departure from

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 Painful Meditations--James H. Burch--Williams' Slave Pen in

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

Chapter Eliza's Sorrows--Preparation to Embark--Driven Through the Streets

CHAPTER IV.

Eliza's Sorrows--Preparation to Embark--Driven Through the Streets of Washington--Hail, Columbia--The Tomb of Washington--Clem Ray--The Breakfast on the Steamer--The happy Birds--Aquia Creek--Fredericksburgh--Arrival in Richmond--Goodin and his Slave Pen--Robert, of Cincinnati--David and his Wife--Mary and Lethe--Clem's Return--His subsequent Escape to Canada--The Brig Orleans--James H. Burch, 54

Chapter Arrival at Norfolk--Frederick and Maria--Arthur, the

CHAPTER V.

Arrival at Norfolk--Frederick and Maria--Arthur, the Freeman--Appointed Steward--Jim, Cuffee, and Jenny--The Storm--Bahama Banks--The Calm--The Conspiracy--The Long Boat--The Small-Pox--Death of Robert--Manning, the Sailor--The Meeting in the Forecastle--The Letter--Arrival at New-Orleans--Arthur's Rescue--Theophilus Freeman, the Consignee--Platt--First Night in the New-Orleans Slave Pen, 65

Chapter Freeman's Industry--Cleanliness and Clothes--Exercising

CHAPTER VI.

Freeman's Industry--Cleanliness and Clothes--Exercising in the Show Room--The Dance--Bob, the Fiddler--Arrival of Customers--Slaves Examined--The Old Gentleman of New-Orleans--Sale of David, Caroline, and Lethe--Parting of Randall and Eliza--Small-Pox--The Hospital--Recovery and Return to Freeman's Slave Pen--The Purchaser of Eliza, Harry, and Platt--Eliza's Agony on Parting from Little Emily, 78