CHAPTER IX.. The Hot Sun--Yet Bound--the Cords Sink Into My Flesh--Chapin's

The Hot Sun--Yet bound--The Cords sink into my Flesh--Chapin's Uneasiness--Speculation--Rachel, and her Cup of Water--Suffering increases--The Happiness of Slavery--Arrival of Ford--He cuts the Cords which bind me, and takes the Rope from my Neck--Misery--The gathering of the Slaves in Eliza's Cabin--Their Kindness--Rachel Repeats the Occurrences of the Day--Lawson entertains his Companions with an Account of his Ride--Chapin's apprehensions of Tibeats--Hired to Peter Tanner--Peter expounds the Scriptures--Description of the Stocks, 118