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Chapter 2: Nothing important happens in this chapter. Eliza is a very happy baby! Chapter 3: Eliza and Abram get food from the nanny, Miss Layotte. She gives them both food, but Abram gives it all to Eliza. Chapter 4: Master tells Abram to report to the fields the next morning. Eliza meets the Master, but she doesnt know he is her father. Chapter 5: Abram's first day as a field slave! Chapter 6: Abram finally works up the courage to go to the big house and ask Miss Layotte if she could save some extra food for Eliza. Miss Layotte agrees to do this as long as they come back every night. Chapter 7: Eliza wonders about who her father is. There is a problem when Aunt Charity is giving birth, but eventualy it all is fine. Chapter 8: Abram is working in the fields when a storm hits and forces the field workers to come home early. Eliza has many dreams, but is forced with being a breeding cabin slave. Chapter 9: Miss Layotte and Abram like each other. Miss Layotte has been training Eliza to be a nanny. Chapter 10: Granny does not approve of Miss Layotte. Abram decides to go to the dance. at the end we see that Granny is loosing hope of life. Chapter 11:Abram is at the Saturday night dance when he sees Miss Layotte. Miss Layotte sees Abram and decides to walk over to him. Abram gets so nervous that he runs away. Chapter 12: 7 babies drown in the oak tree cradle that the overseer made for them Chapter 13: Abram and Aunt Charity argue about allowing Eliza to wear her fancy dress, Abram tells Eliza about her father. Chapter 14: Eliza and the master's girls play tug of war, when Eliza pulls to hard, the master's daughters fell into the mud. Abigail got angry and slapped Eliza in the face. Miss Layotte tells Abram that Abigail is very jealous of Eliza and that is why shes mean. Chapter 15: Abram takes Eliza to the Saturday Night Dance and Abram dances with Miss Layotte! Chapter 16: After a hard day's work, Eliza dumped water on her head. Miss Abigail and Miss Emma came and started to be very mean to her. They had found out that they shared the same father. Chapter 17: While Miss Abigail was in a courting party on a Sunday, Eliza walked near it. One of the white men asked "who is that pretty girl?" and Miss Abigail got very angry.** Chapter 19: In fear of Eliza being sold, Abram goes out of his way to try and round up money to help buy his cousin's freedom. Chapter 20: At the auction, a Northerner buys Eliza. Chapter 21: Eliza now has her freedom, but she choses to work for the man who bought her freedom. She wants to do the one thing she knows best, to become a nanny for him.**
 * Chapter 1: Eliza is born. Granny reveals to Abram that Eliza's father is Master Turner.
 * Chapter 18: Eliza has her first day working as a field slave and it is extremely difficult, but she does not show her suffering. Granny then dies a peaceful yet solemn death. A stranger then rides by the field with a look of want for Eliza.