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BOOK VI.
CONTAINING A HISTORY AND A MORAL.
In which Sheppard Lee finds every thing black about him 157
In which Sheppard Lee is introduced to his master. 161
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An old woman's cure for a disease extremely prevalent both in
the coloured and uncoloured creation... Page 164Some account of Ridgewood Hill, and the Author's occupations...
166In which the Author further describes his situation, and philosophizes
on the state of slavery... 169Recollections of slavery... 175
A scene on the banks of the Potomac, with the humours of an
African improvisatore... 178The Author descends among the slaves, and suddenly becomes a
man of figure, and an interpreter of new doctrines. 181What it was the negroes had discovered among the scantling 185
The effect of the pamphlet on its reader and hearers. 189
The hatching of a conspiracy... 194
How the spoils of victory were intended to be divided. 196
The attack of the insurgents upon the mansion at Ridgewood
Hill... 200The tragical occurrences that followed... 204
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The results of the insurrection, with a truly strange and fatal catastrophe
that befell the Author... Page 208In which it is related what became of the Author after being
hanged... 211
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