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TIDY'S WAY TO FREEDOM.

TIDY'S WAY TO FREEDOM.



"Woe to all who grind Their brethren of a common Father down! To all who plunder from the immortal mind Its bright and glorious crown!" —WHITTIER.



[colophon omitted]

Published By The
American Tract Society,
28 Cornhill, Boston.



Transcriber's Note: I have removed page numbers; all italics are emphasis only. I have omitted running heads and have closed contractions, e.g. "she 's" becoming "she's"; in addition, on page 180, stanza 3, line 1, I have changed the single quotation mark at the beginning of the line to a double quotation mark.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

Riverside, Cambridge:

Stereotyped And Printed By H. O. Houghton.






CONTENTS


STEP BY STEP.

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.

CHAPTER II. THE BABY.

CHAPTER III. SUNSHINE.

CHAPTER IV. SEVERAL EVENTS.

CHAPTER V. A NEW HOME.

CHAPTER VI. BEGINNINGS OF KNOWLEDGE.

CHAPTER VII. FRANCES.

CHAPTER VIII. PRAYER.

CHAPTER IX. THE FIRST LESSON.

CHAPTER X. LONY'S PETITION.

CHAPTER XI. ROUGH PLACES.

CHAPTER XII. A GREAT UNDERTAKING.

CHAPTER XIII. A LONG JOURNEY.

CHAPTER XIV. CRUELTY.

CHAPTER XV. COTTON.

CHAPTER XVI. RESCUE.

CHAPTER XVII. TRUE LIBERTY.

CHAPTER XVIII. CROWNING MERCIES.









STEP BY STEP.





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