By F. Colburn Adams "An honest tale speeds best being plainly told." NEW YORK AND AUBURN: 1855

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By F. Colburn Adams "An honest tale speeds best being plainly told." NEW YORK AND AUBURN: 1855

CONTENTS

PREFACE.

CHAPTER I. — MARSTON'S PLANTATION.

CHAPTER II. — HOW A NIGHT WAS SPENT ON MARSTON'S PLANTATION.

CHAPTER III. — THINGS ARE NOT SO BRIGHT AS THEY SEEM.

CHAPTER IV. — AN UNEXPECTED CONFESSION.

CHAPTER V. — THE MAROONING PARTY.

CHAPTER VI. — ANOTHER SCENE IN SOUTHERN LIFE.

CHAPTER VII. — "BUCKRA-MAN VERY UNCERTAIN."

CHAPTER VIII. — A CLOUD OF MISFORTUNE HANGS OVER THE PLANTATION.

CHAPTER IX. — WHO IS SAFE AGAINST THE POWER?

CHAPTER X. — ANOTHER SHADE OF THE PICTURE.

CHAPTER XI. — MRS. ROSEBROOK'S PROJECT.

CHAPTER XII. — ELDER PEMBERTON PRAISEWORTHY CHANGES HIS BUSINESS.

CHAPTER XIII. — A FATHER TRIES TO BE A FATHER.

CHAPTER XIV. — IN WHICH THE EXTREMES ARE PRESENTED.

CHAPTER XV. — A SCENE OF MANY LIGHTS.

CHAPTER XVI. — ANOTHER PHASE OF THE PICTURE.

CHAPTER XVII. — PLEASANT DEALINGS WITH HUMAN PROPERTY.

CHAPTER XVIII. — A NOT UNCOMMON SCENE SLIGHTLY CHANGED.

CHAPTER XIX. — THEY ARE ALL GOING TO BE SOLD.

CHAPTER XX. — LET US FOLLOW POOR HUMAN NATURE TO THE MAN SHAMBLES.

CHAPTER XX. — A FATHER'S TRIALS.

CHAPTER XXI. — WE CHANGE WITH FORTUNE.

CHAPTER XXII. — THE VICISSITUDES OF A PREACHER.

CHAPTER XXIII. — HOW WE MANUFACTURE POLITICAL FAITH.

CHAPTER XXIV. — MR. M'FADDEN SEES SHADOWS IN THE FUTURE.

CHAPTER XXV. — HOW THEY STOLE THE PREACHER.

CHAPTER XXVI. — COMPETITION IN HUMAN THINGS.

CHAPTER XXVII. — THE PRETTY CHILDREN ARE TO BE SOLD.

CHAPTER XXVIII. — NATURE SHAMES ITSELF.

CHAPTER XXX. — THE VISION OF DEATH HAS PAST.

CHAPTER XXXI. — A FRIEND IS WOMAN.

CHAPTER XXXII. — MARSTON IN PRISON.

CHAPTER XXXIII. — VENDERS OF HUMAN PROPERTY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS MENTAL CAPRICES.

CHAPTER XXXIV. — A COMMON INCIDENT SHORTLY TOLD.

CHAPTER XXXV. — THE CHILDREN ARE IMPROVING.

CHAPTER XXXVI. — WORKINGS OF THE SLAVE SYSTEM.

CHAPTER XXXVII. — AN ITEM IN THE COMMON CALENDAR.

CHAPTER XXXVIII. — IN WHICH REGRETS ARE SHOWN OF LITTLE WORTH.

CHAPTER XXXIX. — HOW WE SHOULD ALL BE FORGIVING.

CHAPTER XL. — CONTAINING VARIOUS MATTERS.

CHAPTER XLI. — NICHOLAS'S SIMPLE STORY.

CHAPTER XLII. — HE WOULD DELIVER HER FROM BONDAGE.

CHAPTER XLIII. — OTHER PHASES OF THE SUBJECT.

CHAPTER XLIV. — HOW DADDY BOB DEPARTED.

CHAPTER XLV. — HOW SLAVEHOLDERS FEAR EACH OTHER.

CHAPTER XLVI. — SOUTHERN ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE.

CHAPTER XLVII. — PROSPERITY THE RESULT OF JUSTICE.

CHAPTER XLVIII. — IN WHICH THE FATE OF FRANCONIA IS SEEN.

CHAPTER XLIX. — IN WHICH IS A SAD RECOGNITION.

CHAPTER L. — IN WHICH A DANGEROUS PRINCIPLE IS ILLUSTRATED.

CHAPTER LI. — A CONTINUATION OF THE LAST CHAPTER.

CHAPTER LII. — IN WHICH ARE PLEASURES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS.

CHAPTER LIII. — A FAMILIAR SCENE, IN WHICH PRINGLE BLOWERS HAS BUSINESS.

CHAPTER LIV. — IN WHICH ARE DISCOVERIES AND PLEASANT SCENES.

CHAPTER LV. — IN WHICH IS A HAPPY MEETING, SOME CURIOUS FACTS DEVELOPED, AND CLOTILDA'S HISTORY DISCLOSED.

CHAPTER LVI. — IN WHICH A PLOT IS DISCLOSED, AND THE MAN-SELLER MADE TO PAY THE PENALTY OF HIS CRIMES.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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