A Slave Girl's Story / Being an Autobiography of Kate Drumgoold.

The author recounts her life from childhood in Virginia under slavery through separation from family and the kindness of a white family who raised her, to reunion with her mother and eventual relocation North after emancipation. She interweaves personal memories of being sold, religious faith, gratitude for those who assisted recently freed people, and her pursuit of education and communal uplift. Episodic scenes describe travel to Richmond and Georgia, assistance from a Northern official who helped place the family in Brooklyn, and reflections on progress, prayer, resilience, and the search for schools, homes, and stability in freedom.