The Story of Mattie J. Jackson

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The Story of Mattie J. Jackson by L. S. Thompson.

Contents

• THE STORY OF Mattie J. Jackson;6
• Her Parentage—Experience of Eighteen Years in Slavery—Incidents During the War—Her Escape from Slavery.6
• A TRUE STORY.6
• WRITTEN AND ARRANGED BY6
• DR. L. S. THOMPSON,7
• (FORMERLY MRS. SCHUYLER,)7
• AS GIVEN BY MATTIE.7
• LAWRENCE: PRINTED AT SENTINEL OFFICE, 123 ESSEX STREET. 1866.7
• PREFACE9
• MATTIE'S STORY11
• THEIR ATTEMPT TO MAKE THEIR ESCAPE15
• THE SOLDIERS, AND OUR TREATMENT DURING THE WAR18
• MR. LEWIS CALLS AT THE BOARDING HOUSE21
• RELEASED FROM THE TRADER'S YARD AND TAKEN TO HER NEW MASTER23
• CAPT. TIRRELL REMOVES THE FAMILY—ANOTHER STRATEGY25
• THE FARE AT THEIR NEW HOMES29
• MATTIE IN INDIANAPOLIS—THE GLORY OF FREEDOM—PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S REMAINS EXHIBITED31
• SISTER LOST—MOTHER'S ESCAPE35
• MOTHER'S MARRIAGE36
• MATTIE MEETS HER OLD MASTER—GOES TO SERVICE—IS SENT FOR BY HER STEP-FATHER IN LAWRENCE, MASS.37
• SUMMARY40
• CHRISTIANITY42
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE46

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