The Black Barque / A Tales of the Pirate Slave-Ship Gentle Hand on Her Last African Cruise

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. I SEEK A NEW SHIP

CHAPTER II. CAPTAIN HOWARD

CHAPTER III. THE BARQUE

CHAPTER IV. SHANGHAIED

CHAPTER V. IN THE FO'C'SLE

CHAPTER VI. I BECOME "COCK OF THE WALK"

CHAPTER VII. TWO KINDS OF HAND-SHAKES

CHAPTER VIII. OUR BOS'N

CHAPTER IX. I MAKE ANOTHER FRIEND

CHAPTER X. YANKEE DAN AND HIS DAUGHTER

CHAPTER XI. WE MAKE A DAY OF IT

CHAPTER XII. HOW THE DAY ENDED

CHAPTER XIII. A SURPRISING SALUTE

CHAPTER XIV. I DECIDE TO LEAVE THE BARQUE

CHAPTER XV. OTHERS DECIDE OTHERWISE

CHAPTER XVI. A TASTE OF COLD IRON

CHAPTER XVII. SIR JOHN AND MISS ALLEN

CHAPTER XVIII. THE BARQUE HAS ILL LUCK

CHAPTER XIX. AND STILL MORE ILL-LUCK

CHAPTER XX. WHAT HAPPENED IN MADEIRA

CHAPTER XXI. THE STRANGE BRIG

CHAPTER XXII. "STAND TO IT!"

CHAPTER XXIII. WHAT THE CAPTAIN'S CHEST HELD

CHAPTER XXIV. THE CAPTAIN SHOWS HIS METTLE

CHAPTER XXV. WE HEAR OF LONG TOM

CHAPTER XXVI. WE REPEL BOARDERS

CHAPTER XXVII. OUR CAPTAIN

CHAPTER XXVIII. MY FIRST GLIMPSE OF SLAVERY

CHAPTER XXIX. WE LAY IN OUR CARGO

CHAPTER XXX. I SUSPECT TREACHERY

CHAPTER XXXI. I MEET CORTELLI

CHAPTER XXXII. OPEN MUTINY

CHAPTER XXXIII. THE FIGHT ON DECK

CHAPTER XXXIV. THE CARGO BREAKS LOOSE

CHAPTER XXXV. OUR LAST CHANCE

CHAPTER XXXVI. THE END OF THE BLACK BARQUE

CHAPTER XXXVII. THE LAST STRAND OF MY YARN

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A Tale of the Pirate Slave-Ship
Gentle Hand
on Her Last African Cruise

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T. JENKINS HAINS
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The
Black Barque

A Tale of the Pirate Slave-Ship
Gentle Hand
on Her Last African Cruise

By
T. JENKINS HAINS
AUTHOR OF
“THE STRIFE OF THE SEA,” “THE WIND-JAMMERS,” ETC.

Illustrated by
W. HERBERT DUNTON

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BOSTON
L. C. PAGE & COMPANY
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Copyright, 1905
By L. C. Page & Company
(INCORPORATED)

All rights reserved
Published February, 1905
Fifth Impression, March, 1908.
COLONIAL PRESS
Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.
Boston, Mass., U.S.A.

TO THE
MEMORY OF MY GRANDFATHER
Thornton Jenkins
REAR-ADMIRAL UNITED STATES NAVY
AND HIS COUSIN
Sir Robert Jenkins, K.C.B.
VICE-ADMIRAL ROYAL NAVY
WHOSE SERVICES TO THE BLACK MAN SHOULD NOT
BE FORGOTTEN
THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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