Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
CHAPTER VII.
The Steamboat Rodolph--Departure from New-Orleans--William
Ford--Arrival at Alexandria, on Red River--Resolutions--The Great
Pine Woods--Wild Cattle--Martin's Summer Residence--The Texas
Road--Arrival at Master Ford's--Rose--Mistress Ford--Sally and
her Children--John, the Cook--Walter, Sam, and Antony--The Mills
on Indian Creek--Sabbath Days--Sam's Conversion--The Profit of
Kindness--Rafting--Adam Taydem, the Little White Man--Cascalla
and his Tribe--The Indian Ball--John M. Tibeats--The Storm
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