Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
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- OUR WORLD:
- OR, THE SLAVEHOLDER'S DAUGHTER.
- "An honest tale speeds best being plainly told."
- NEW YORK AND AUBURN: 1855.
- PREFACE.
- THE AUTHOR.
- OUR WORLD
- 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.
- "FRANCONIA."
- CHAPTER XXVIII. — NATURE SHAMES ITSELF.
- CHAPTER XXX. — THE VISION OF DEATH HAS PAST.
- "JETHRO JONES."
- 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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