The Story of Mattie J. Jackson
by L. S. Thompson
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About this eBook
- Author
- Thompson, L. S. (Lucy S.), 1813-1881
- Title
- The Story of Mattie J. Jackson Her Parentage—Experience of Eighteen years in Slavery—Incidents during the War—Her Escape from Slavery
- Credits
- Produced by Suzanne Shell, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)
- Subject
- Jackson, Mattie J.
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 17827
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17827
- Release Date
- February 22, 2006
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE STORY OF Mattie J. Jackson ; — Her Parentage—Experience of Eighteen Years in Slavery—Incidents During the War—Her Escape from Slavery . — A TRUE STORY. — WRITTEN AND ARRANGED BY
- 2.DR. L. S. THOMPSON, — ( FORMERLY MRS. SCHUYLER ,) — AS GIVEN BY MATTIE. — LAWRENCE: PRINTED AT SENTINEL OFFICE, 123 ESSEX STREET. 1866.
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.PREFACE
- 5.MATTIE'S STORY
- 6.THEIR ATTEMPT TO MAKE THEIR ESCAPE
- 7.THE SOLDIERS, AND OUR TREATMENT DURING THE WAR
- 8.MR. LEWIS CALLS AT THE BOARDING HOUSE
- 9.RELEASED FROM THE TRADER'S YARD AND TAKEN TO HER NEW MASTER
- 10.CAPT. TIRRELL REMOVES THE FAMILY—ANOTHER STRATEGY
- 11.THE FARE AT THEIR NEW HOMES
- 12.MATTIE IN INDIANAPOLIS—THE GLORY OF FREEDOM—PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S REMAINS EXHIBITED
- 13.SISTER LOST—MOTHER'S ESCAPE
- 14.MOTHER'S MARRIAGE
- 15.MATTIE MEETS HER OLD MASTER—GOES TO SERVICE—IS SENT FOR BY HER STEP-FATHER IN LAWRENCE, MASS.
- 16.SUMMARY
- 17.CHRISTIANITY
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