Transcriber's Note:
The table of contents is not a part of the original book.

THE STORY
OF
Mattie J. Jackson;

Her Parentage—Experience of Eighteen Years in Slavery—IncidentsDuring the War—Her Escape from Slavery.

 

A TRUE STORY.

 

WRITTEN AND ARRANGED BY

DR. L. S. THOMPSON,

(FORMERLY MRS. SCHUYLER,)

AS GIVEN BY MATTIE.

 

 

LAWRENCE:
PRINTED AT SENTINEL OFFICE, 123 ESSEX STREET.
1866.

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CONTENTS

MATTIE'S STORY		5
THEIR ATTEMPT TO MAKE THEIR ESCAPE		9
THE SOLDIERS, AND OUR TREATMENT DURING THE WAR		13
MR. LEWIS CALLS AT THE BOARDING HOUSE		17
RELEASED FROM THE TRADER'S YARD AND TAKEN TO HER NEW MASTER		19
CAPT. TIRRELL REMOVES THE FAMILY—ANOTHER STRATEGY		20
THE FARE AT THEIR NEW HOMES		25
MATTIE IN INDIANAPOLIS—THE GLORY OF FREEDOM—PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S		28
SISTER LOST—MOTHER'S ESCAPE		31
MOTHER'S MARRIAGE		33
MATTIE MEETS HER OLD MASTER—GOES TO SERVICE—IS SENT FOR BY HER		33
SUMMARY		37
CHRISTIANITY		38

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