Jamie Parker the Fugitive

h h. earty sympathies for the heroes of freedom of all ages, and of every country, she can not view unmoved the life-and-death struggles of those now flying from a degrading servitude. It is believed that very few, for a moment, even in imagination, enter the cabin of the poor man at the South, putting their soul in his souls stead-much less dwelling on the minute and ever-repeated details of his life of toil and privation. And although thousands of this class have shown themselves to be men with great souls, by their aspirations for liberty although they have provcd themselves noble heroes by struggling with misfortunes as with a load, by invincibly conquering an opposing army of difficulties- L Breasting the dark storm the red bolt defying surmounting all, and gaining the glorious boon of freedom yet how few of us have followed with our kind sympathies, even one of these wonderful overcorners, in his perilous course of honorable achievement. To give a glimpse of the distresses of the poor southern laborer, ancl of the stem struggler for free dom, the writer launches her little work on the sea of Public Opinion. May it plead effectually for the hunted outcast, and for the three millions of our, en-1 slaved countrymen. FEBRUAR 1 Y 85 , 1. ANALYSIS OF CHAPTERS. CHAPTER I. The planters advertisement. Some account of Jamie. Old Scipio. IIog Minder General. 111ventory of Jan ies family. Sketch of old Scipio. His cabin. Old Agga. The slave preacher. The key of knowledge withheld. CHAPTER 11. Jamie in Scipios cabin. Usefully employed. He commeilces learnlng to read. Surprise from the patrol. Jamie punished by the overseer. CHAPTER 111. Agga restores Scipio. He goes to the Quarter for Jamie. Overseer Brazsne management. Decline of Scipio. Mrs. Chadwicks visit. A triumphant death. CHAPTER IV. Jamie a field-laborer. A responsible character. The foreman. . Tinny. Foreman Ned. The field-hands hoeing corn. Aunt Mag and her bakery. The field breakfast. Plantation hours. CHAPTER V. Lowance Sunday. The key-basket. Mrs. Dorothy. Jamies Bible returned. Slave Johns escape. Malice of Brazen. Kindness of Mrs. Chadwick. Tray. Sick Kitt. Spinning Jinny. The overseer reprimanded. Jinnys task. CHAPTER VI. Mrs. Chadwick and daughters go North. Overseer Brazeus wife. Two turkeys missing. Brazen and Neds conspiracy. Mrs. Brazen a literary character. 1 A N A L Y S I S OF C H A P T E R S . CHAPTER VII. Letter from the North. I, oss of Judy and Rose. Efforts to take them. Their worth. Mrs. Chadwick amicted. Want of money. CHAPTER VIII. New sorrow for Jinny and her sons. KO friend to help. Sabbath. Coui-t day. CHAPTER 19. Jinnys sons in the court house jail. Auction. Jamie sold. The sale of Tray...