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I. I Seek a New Ship 1
II. Captain Howard 8
III. The Barque 18
IV. Shanghaied 30
V. In the Fo’c’sle 39
VI. I Become “Cock of the Walk” 48
VII. Two Kinds of Hand-shakes 55
VIII. Our Bos’n 65
IX. I Make Another Friend 72
X. Yankee Dan and His Daughter 81
XI. We Make a Day of It 92
XII. How the Day Ended 100
XIII. A Surprising Salute 107
XIV. I Decide to Leave the Barque 117
XV. Others Decide Otherwise 128
XVI. A Taste of Cold Iron 135
XVII. Sir John and Miss Allen 144
XVIII. The Barque Has Ill Luck 152
XIX. And Still More Ill Luck 162
XX. What Happened in Madeira 171
XXI. The Strange Brig 180
XXII. Stand to It! 188
XXIII. What the Captain’s Chest Held 198
XXIV. The Captain Shows His Mettle 207
XXV. We Hear of Long Tom 218
XXVI. We Repel Boarders 225
XXVII. Our Captive 233
XXVIII. My First Glimpse of Slavery 241
XXIX. We Lay in Our Cargo 248
XXX. I Suspect Treachery 254
XXXI. I Meet Cortelli 264
XXXII. Open Mutiny 273
XXXIII. The Fight on Deck 280
XXXIV. The Cargo Breaks Loose 288
XXXV. Our Last Chance 296
XXXVI. The End of the Black Barque

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