Ch. 1: "Mr. Plummer was a miserable drunkard, a profane swearer, and a savage monster. He always went armed with a cowskin and a heavy _____ . I have known him to cut and slash the women's heads so horribly . . ."

Ch. 1: "The master is frequently compelled to sell this class of his slaves, out of _____ to the feelings of his white wife . . ."

Ch. 1: "I was not allowed to make any inquiries of my master concerning [my age]. He deemed all such inquiries on the part of a slave improper and _____ , and evidence of a restless spirit.

Ch. 2: "The singing of a man case away upon a _____ island might be as appropriately considered as evidence of contentment and happiness, as the singing slave; the songs of the one and of the other are prompted by the same emotion."

Ch. 2: "The competitors for this office sought as _____ to please their overseers, as the office-seekers in the political parties seek to please and deceive the people."

Ch. 2: "The hearing of those wild notes always depressed my spirit, and filled me with _____ sadness. I have frequently found myself in tears while hearing them."

Ch. 2: "Added to his cruelty, he was a _____ swearer. It was enough to chill the blood and stiffen the hair of an ordinary man to hear him talk."

Ch. 3: "The colonel, after _____ where the slave belonged, rode on; the man also went on about his business, not dreaming that he had been conversing with his master."

Ch. 3: "Moreover, slaves are like other people, and ____ prejudices quite common to others . . . Many, under the influence of this prejudice, think their own masters are better than the masters of other slaves . . ."

Ch. 4: "There was a warrant issued for her arrest, but it was never served. Thus she escaped not only punishment, but even the pain of being _____ before a court for her horrid crime."

Ch. 4: "His savage barbarity was equalled only by the _____ coolness with which he committed the grossest and most savage deeds upon the slaves under his charge."

Ch. 4: "Mr. Hopkins was succeeded by Mr. Austin Gore, a man possessing, in an _____ degree, all those traits of character indispensable to what is called a first-rate overseer."

Ch. 4: "To be accused was to be convicted, and to be convicted was to be punished; the one always following the other with _____ certainty."

Ch. 4: "[Mr. Gore] was artful, cruel, and _____ . He was just the man for such a place, and it was just the place for such a man."

Ch. 4: "He had given Demby but few stripes, when, to get rid of the _____ , he ran and plunged himself into a creek, and stood there at the depth of his shoulders, refusing to come out."

Ch. 5: "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and incur my own _____ ."