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CONTENTS.
| PAGE. | |
| Its Members—Necessity for Secrecy, | 265 |
| Affectionate Relations of Master and Pupils, | 267 |
| Confidence and Friendship among Slaves, | 268 |
| Slavery the Inviter of Vengeance, | 269 |
| Chapter XIX. | |
| THE RUNAWAY PLOT. | |
| New Year's Thoughts and Reflections, | 271 |
| Again hired by Freeland, | 272 |
| Still Devising Plans for gaining Freedom, | 273 |
| A Solemn Vow—Plan Divulged to the Slaves, | 274 |
| Arguments in its Support—The Scheme gains Favor, | 275 |
| Danger of Discovery—Difficulty of Concealment, | 276 |
| Skill of Slaveholders—Suspicion and Coercion, | 277 |
| Hymns with a Double Meaning, | 278 |
| Author's Confederates—His Influence over them, | 279 |
| Preliminary Consultations—Pass-Words, | 280 |
| Conflict of Hopes and Fears—Ignorance of Geography, | 281 |
| Survey of Imaginary Difficulties, | 282 |
| Effect upon our Minds, | 283 |
| Sandy becomes a Dreamer, | 284 |
| Route to the North laid out—Objections Considered, | 285 |
| Frauds Practiced on Freemen—Passes Written, | 286 |
| Anxieties as the Time drew near, | 287 |
| Appeals to Comrades—A Presentiment, | 289 |
| The Betrayal Discovered, | 290 |
| Manner of Arresting us, | 291 |
| Resistance made by Henry Harris—Its Effects, | 292 |
| Unique Speech of Mrs. Freeland, | 294 |
| Our Sad Procession to Easton, | 295 |
| Passes Eaten—The Examination at St. Michael's, | 296 |
| No Evidence Produced—Who was the Betrayer? | 297 |
| Dragged behind Horses—The Jail a Relief, | 298 |
| A New set of Tormentors, | 299 |
| Release of my Companions, | 300 |
| Author taken out of Prison and sent to Baltimore, | 302 |
| Chapter XX. | |
| APPRENTICESHIP LIFE. | |
| Nothing Lost by the Attempt to Run Away, | 304 |
| Reasons for sending the Author Away, | 305 |
| Unlooked for Clemency in Master Thomas, | 306 |
| Return to Baltimore—Change in Little Tommy, | 307 |
| Trials in Gardiner's Ship Yard, | 308 |
| Desperate Fight with the White Apprentices, | 309 |
| Conflict between White and Black Labor, | 310 |
| Description of the Outrage, | 313 |
| Conduct of Master Hugh, | 315 |
| Testimony of a Colored Man Nothing, | 316 |
| Spirit of Slavery in Baltimore, | 317 |
| Author's Condition Improves, | 318 |
