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Contents
Introduction
Editor’s Note
Blake; or, The Huts of America: A Tale of the Mississippi Valley, the Southern United States, and Cuba
Part I
Chapter I. The Project
Chapter II. Colonel Franks at Home
Chapter III. The Fate of Maggie
Chapter IV. The Departure of Maggie
Chapter V. A Vacancy
Chapter VI. Henry’s Return
Chapter VII. Master and Slave
Chapter VIII. The Sale
Chapter IX. The Runaway
Chapter X. Merry Making
Chapter XI. A Shadow
Chapter XII. The Discovery
Chapter XIII. Perplexity
Chapter XIV. Gad and Gossip
Chapter XV. Interchange of Opinion
Chapter XVI. Solicitude and Amusement
Chapter XVII. Henry at Large
Chapter XVIII. Fleeting Shadows
Chapter XIX. Come What Will
Chapter XX. Advent Among the Indians
Chapter XXI. What Not
Chapter XXII. New Orleans
Chapter XXIII. The Rebel Blacks
Chapter XXIV. A Flying Cloud
Chapter XXV. Like Father, Like Son
Chapter XXVI. Return to Mississippi
Chapter XXVII. A Night of Anxiety
Chapter XXVIII. Studying Head Work
Chapter XXIX. The Fugitives
Chapter XXX. The Pursuit
Chapter XXXI. The Attack, Resistance, Arrest
Chapter XXXII. The Escape
Chapter XXXIII. Happy Greeting
Chapter XXXIV. A Novel Adventure
Part II
Chapter XXXV. Cornelia Woodward
Chapter XXXVI. Henry at the Hacienda
Chapter XXXVII. A Glimmer of Hope
Chapter XXXVIII. Impatience
Chapter XXXIX. The Discovery
Chapter XL. The Confrontment
Chapter XLI. Obscurity
Chapter XLII. The Interview—Blake
Chapter XLIV. Seeking Employment
Chapter XLV. Coastward Bound
Chapter XLVI. Trans-Atlantic
Chapter XLVII. Significant
Chapter XLVIII. Making the Coast
Chapter XLIX. The Slave Factory
Chapter L. Before Leaving
Chapter LI. Homeward Bound
Chapter LII. The Middle Passage
Chapter LIII. Middle Passage—Chase Continued
Chapter LIV. Storm During Middle Passage
Chapter LV. The Captives
Chapter LVI. The Seeleys
Chapter LVII. Anticipation
Chapter LVIII. Gala Day
Chapter LIX. National Fete
Chapter LX. Great Gathering at Madam Cordora’s
Chapter LXI. The Grand Council
Chapter LXII. Fearful Misgivings
Chapter LXIII. The Captain General and Lady
Chapter LXIV. The Confrontment
Chapter LXV. What of the Negroes?
Chapter LXVI. Chit Chat
Chapter LXVII. False Alarm
Chapter LXVIII. Sunday Morning
Chapter LXIX. Entertainment at Carolus Blacus
Chapter LXX. Momentous Step
Chapter LXXI. Fearful Apprehensions
Chapter LXXII. King’s Day
Chapter LXXIII. Increased Alarm
Chapter LXXIV. American Tyranny—Oppression of the Negroes
Historical and Critical Notes
Further Reading
Acknowledgments