Chapter LV: Part I: CHAPTER I.—INTRODUCTION p. 5

CHAPTER II.—HALEY. 5

Author’s experience.—Trader’s letter.—Kephart’s
examination.—Invoice of human beings.—Various classes of
traders.

CHAPTER III.—MR. AND MRS. SHELBY. 8

Account of a well-regulated plantation.—Extract from
Ingraham.

CHAPTER IV.—GEORGE HARRIS. 13

Advertisements.—Lewis Clark.—Mrs. Banton.—Story of Lewis’
sister.—Mr. Nelson’s story.—Frederick Douglas.—Josiah
Henson’s account of the sale of his mother and her
children.—Recent incident in Boston.—Advertisements for
dead or alive.

CHAPTER V.—ELIZA. 21

Author’s experience.—History of a slave-girl and her escape.

CHAPTER VI.—UNCLE TOM. 23

Similar case.—Old Virginia family servant.—Bishop Meade’s
remarks.—Judge Upshur’s servant.—Instance in Brunswick,
Me.—History of Josiah Henson.—Uncle Tom’s vision.—Similar
facts.—Story of a Boston lady.—Instance of the Southern
lady on a plantation.—Story of an African woman.—Account of
old Jacob.

CHAPTER VII.—MISS OPHELIA. 30

Prejudice of color—Instance in a benevolent lady.—Dr.
Pennington.—Influence of this upon slaveholders.—True
Christian socialism.—Amos Lawrence.

CHAPTER VIII.—MARIE ST. CLARE. 33

The Northern Marie St. Clare.—The Southern Marie St.
Clare.—Degrading punishment of females.—Dr. Howe’s account.

CHAPTER IX.—ST. CLARE. 35

Alfred and Augustine St. Clare representatives of two classes
of men.—Letter of Patrick Henry.—Southern men reproving
Northern men.—Mr. Mitchell, of Tennessee.—John Randolph of
Roanoke.—Instance of a sceptic made by the Biblical defence
of slavery.—_Baltimore Sun_ on Biblical defence of
slavery.—Specimen of pro-slavery preaching.

CHAPTER X.—LEGREE. 39

No test of character required in a master.—Mr. Dickey’s
account in “Slavery as It Is.”—“Working up
slaves.”—Extracts from Mr. Weld’s book.—Agricultural
society’s testimony.—James G. Birney’s do.—Henry Clay’s
do.—Samuel Blackwell’s.—Dr. Demming’s.—Dr. Channing’s.—Rev.
Mr. Barrows’.—Rev. C. C. Jones’.—Causes of severe labor on
sugar plantations.—Professor Ingraham’s
testimony.—Periodical pressure of labor in the cotton
season.—Letter of a cotton-driver, published in the
_Fairfield Herald_.—Testimony as to slave-dwellings.—Mr.
Stephen E. Maltby.—Mr. George Avery.—William Ladd,
Esq.—Rev. Joseph M. Sadd, Esq.—Mr. George W. Westgate.—Rev.
C. C. Jones.—Extract from recent letter from a friend
travelling in the South.—Extracts with relation to the food
of the slaves.—Professor Ingraham’s anecdotes.

CHAPTER XI.—SELECT INCIDENTS OF LAWFUL TRADE. 47

Separation of an aged mother from her son
authenticated.—Selling of the woman to the trader
authenticated.—Parting the infant from the mother
verified.—Suicide of slaves from grief
authenticated.—Parting of “John aged 30” from his wife
authenticated.—Case of old Prue in New Orleans
authenticated.—Story of the mulatto woman authenticated.

CHAPTER XII.—TOPSY. 50

Effect of the principle of caste upon children.—Letter from
Dr. Pennington.—Instance of the Southern lady.—Story of the
devoted slave.

CHAPTER XIII.—THE QUAKERS. 54

Trial of Garret and Hunn.—Imprisonment of Richard
Dillingham.—Poetry of Whittier.

CHAPTER XIV.—SPIRIT OF ST. CLARE. 59

Containing various testimony from Southern papers and men in
favor of _Uncle Tom’s Cabin_.