A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences of Laura S. Haviland. Laura S. Haviland
to Retake the
Fugitive Slave, William Anderson, from Canada—The Kentucky Slave-owner
Whipped in the Old Barracks in Windsor in his Effort to Decoy Three
Young Men back to Slavery—Reopening School
CHAPTER IX.
RESCUE OF SLAVES.
Escape of a Slave Family of Six—A Slave Man Travels for a White Man
and Succeeds—Trip to Arkansas—The Story of George Wilson—The
Slave-daughter under Mortgage Released by her Mother—Mintie Berry
Purchases her Husband—John Brown Hanged—The War Opens and takes
Seventeen Students of Raisin Institute—First Trip to the Front with
Supplies
CHAPTER X.
HOSPITAL WORK.
Cairo—Incidents Preparatory to Removing Freedmen's Camp to Island No.
10—Death of a Child—Disbursing Supplies and other Mission Work on the
Island—Story of Uncle Stephen—Hospital Visiting in Memphis,
Tennessee—Surgeon Powers Reported—Forty Slaves come into Camp
Shiloh—Seven Slaves come from a Plantation seven miles below
Memphis—First Enlistment of Colored Soldiers—Mission Work in Columbus,
Kentucky—Young Colored Man Shot by his Young Master—Turning of
Tables—Return Home—Our Principal, E. A. Haight, Enlisted
CHAPTER XI.
SANITARY WORK.
Organized Freedmen's Relief Association—Solicit Supplies—Academic
Year Opened for 1863–4—Sister Backus and Self leave for Fields of
Suffering—Incidents on the Way—Mission Work in Natchez,
Mississippi—Four Hundred Slaves Hanged and otherwise Tortured—Visit
to the Calaboose—Mission Work in Baton Rouge—Arrival at New
Orleans—Sketch of Persecutions
CHAPTER XII.
MISSION WORK IN NEW ORLEANS.
Mission Work in New Orleans—Soldiers and Prisoners Visited on Ship
Island—Petition of Seventy Soldier Prisoners in behalf of Three
Thousand of their Fellow Prisoners—Appeal in behalf of Ship Island and
Tortugas Prisoners—Mission Work at Plaquemine—Natchez—Capture of a
Rebel steamer—Arrival at Home—Release of the Three Thousand Banished
Union Soldiers
CHAPTER XIII.
FREEDMEN'S AID COMMISSION.
Refugees in Kansas—Children of Want—Afflicted Family—Scenes of
Distress—Agnes Everett—Quantrell's Raid—Poor White
Trash—Hospitals—Supplies Distributed—Refugee Buildings—Orphan
Children—Haviland Home—Thomas Dean a Prisoner—Petition for
Pardon—Pardon Granted—A Southern Clergyman—Mission School—At
Harper's Ferry and Washington.
CHAPTER XIV.
HOME MISSION WORK.
Mission Work and Incidents in
Washington—Murders—Alexandria—Richmond, Virginia—Williamsburg—Fort
Magruder—Yorktown—Suicide—Gloucester Court-house—Fortress
Monroe—Norfolk—Return to Washington—White Woman Whipped.
CHAPTER XV.
EXPERIENCES AMONG FREEDMEN.
A Soldier Prisoner—Interesting
Statistics—Schools—Plantations—Incidents—Return to
Washington—Return Home with Fifteen Orphans and Fifty Laborers—Change
in Orphan Asylum—Mission Work in Covington and Newport,
Kentucky—Mission Work in Memphis, Tennessee—Uncle Philip a Remarkable
Man—Return Home.
CHAPTER XVI.
STATE PUBLIC SCHOOL.
Board of Directors Arrange for Closing the
Home—Discouragements—Relief Comes by
Sleigh-loads—Encouragements—Petitions to the State Legislature to
make the Home a State Institution—Petitions Granted, and the Orphan's
Home becomes the "State Public School," located at Coldwater—Work in
State Public School.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHRISTIAN LABOR AND RESULTS.
Work for the Asylum—Again in Washington—Mission Work—Trial of Henry
Wirtz—Inspecting Soup-houses—Incidents connected with Kendal Green
Camp—Peremptory Order of J. R. Shipherd Closing Asylum—Children
Scattered—Returned Home with Authority from American Missionary
Association to Reopen Asylum—Dangerous Fall—Restored to Asylum
Work—Overtaken with Convulsions—Answer to Prayer in being Restored.
CHAPTER XVIII.
PRESENT CONDITION OF THE FREEDMEN.
Kansas Freedmen's Relief Association—Testimony of Perry
Bradley—Incidents—Persecutions—Prof. Greener—Colored
Republicans—Further Testimony—Negro Woman Killed—Letter from the
South—Atrocities—Refugees in Kansas—Bull-dosing—Kansas
Overfull—Protection Needed—Michael Walsh—Silver Linings.
CHAPTER XIX.
PROSPECTS OF THE FREEDMEN.
Supplies Furnished—Relief Association at Work—Northern
Outrages—Prudence Crandall—Colored Schools—Freedmen's Aid
Schools—Industrial and Agricultural Institute.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
STEEL PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR THE SLAVEHOLDERS' THREATS. SLAVE IRONS. CLARK UNIVERSITY FOR FREEDMEN (CHRISMAN HALL). MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE.
CHAPTER I.
EARLY