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Life and Times of Frederick Douglass : His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History to the Present Time.
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| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Scituate :
Digital Scanning, Incorporated,
May 2001.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""INTRODUCTION.""; ""CONTENTS.""; ""CHAPTER I.""; ""AUTHOR�S BIRTH.""; ""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?""; ""CHAPTER II.""; ""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 grand-mother""; ""His grief.""; ""CHAPTER III.""; ""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.""; ""CHAPTER IV.""; ""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.""; ""CHAPTER V.""; ""A SLAVEHOLDER�S CHARACTER.""; ""Increasing acquaintance with old Master""; ""Evils of unresisted passion""; ""Apparent tenderness""; ""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.""; ""CHAPTER VI.""; ""A CHILD�S REASONING.""; ""The author�s early reflections on Slavery""; ""Aunt Jennic and Uncle Noah""
- ""Presentmcnt of one day becoming a freeman""""Conflict between an overseer and a slave women""; ""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.""; ""CHAPTER VII.""; ""LUXURIES AT THE GREAT HOUSE.""; ""Contrasts""; ""Great House luxuries""; ""Its hospitality""; ""Entertainments""