The death of Mrs. Hannablue, and the sale of her slaves at public auction -- The happy family, or practical Christianity -- Brutality and murder among slaves -- The different ways of punishing slaves -- My sister has run away, my aunt, two children, and myself sent to Gaol -- My fifth and last master -- Dr. Sawyer's death, his brother's election to Congress, and marriage, and my escape from him -- My voyage to the South seas, and the object of the voyage, my sister's escape, and our meeting -- The laws of the United States respecting slavery -- The agreement between the North and South at the adoption of the constitution ; The Declaration of American Independence, with interlineations of United States and state laws -- No longer yours: the lives of John Swanson Jacobs / Jonathan D.S. Schroeder. Prologue. Bondservants of liberty ; Toward a new grammar of justice ; The world my country -- Epilogue: Afterlives. John Jacobs at first sight: notes on a frontispiece.
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