: Life and times of Frederick Douglass by Douglass Frederick Ruffin George L George Lewis Author Of Introduction Etc - Douglass Frederick 1818-1895; Enslaved persons Maryland Social conditions 19th century; African American abolitionists Biography; Abolition

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Author's place of birth--Description of country--Its inhabitants--Genealogical trees--Method of counting time in slave districts--Date of author's birth--Names of grandparents--Their cabin--Home with them--Slave practice of separating mothers from their children--Author's recollections of his mother--Who was his father? 25

REMOVAL FROM GRANDMOTHER'S.

Author's early home--Its charms--Author's ignorance of "old master"--His gradual perception of the truth concerning him-- His relations to Col. Edward Lloyd--Author's removal to "old master's" home--His journey thence--His separation from his grandmother--His grief 28

TROUBLES OF CHILDHOOD.

Col. Lloyd's plantation--Aunt Katy--Her cruelty and ill-nature-- Capt. Anthony's partiality to Aunt Katy--Allowance of food-- Author's hunger--Unexpected rescue by his mother--The reproof of Aunt Katy--Sleep--A slave-mother's love--Author's inheritance--His mother's acquirements--Her death 33

A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE SLAVE PLANTATION.

Home plantation of Colonel Lloyd--Its isolation--Its industries-- The slave rule--Power of overseers--Author finds some enjoyment--Natural scenery--Sloop "Sally Lloyd"--Wind mill--Slave quarter--"Old master's" house--Stables, store houses, etc., etc.--The great house--Its surroundings--Lloyd Burial-place--Superstition of slaves--Colonel Lloyd's wealth-- Negro politeness--Doctor Copper--Captain Anthony--His family-- Master Daniel Lloyd--His brothers--Social etiquette 39

A SLAVEHOLDER'S CHARACTER.

Increasing acquaintance with old master--Evils of unresisted passion--Apparent tenderness--A man of trouble--Custom of muttering to himself--Brutal outrage--A drunken overseer-- Slaveholder's impatience--Wisdom of appeal--A base and selfish attempt to break up a courtship 48

A CHILD'S REASONING.

The author's early reflections on slavery--Aunt Jennie and Uncle Noah--Presentment of one day becoming a freeman--Conflict between an overseer and a slave woman--Advantage of resistance-- Death of an overseer--Col. Lloyd's plantation home--Monthly distribution of food--Singing of slaves--An explanation-- The slaves' food and clothing--Naked children--Life in the quarter--Sleeping places--not beds--Deprivation of sleep-- Care of nursing babies--Ash cake--Contrast 53

LUXURIES AT THE GREAT HOUSE.

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