Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
CONTENTS
IN presenting this work to the public, we are fully conscious of the grave charges of misrepresenting society, and misconstruing facts, which will be made by our friends of the South, and its very peculiar institution; but earnestly do we enjoin all such champions of things as they are, to read and well digest what is here set before them, believing that they will find the TRUTH even stranger than fiction. And, as an incentive to the noble exertions of those, either North or South, who would rid our country of its darkest, foulest blot, we would say, that our attempt has been to give a true picture of Southern society in its various aspects, and that, in our judgment, the institution of Slavery is directly chargeable with the various moral, social and political evils detailed in OUR WORLD.
ON the left bank of the Ashly River, in the State of South Carolina, and a few miles from its principal city, is a plantation once the property of Hugh Marston. It was near this spot, the brave Huguenots, fleeing religious and political persecution, founded their first American colony-invoked Heaven to guard their liberties-sought a refuge in a new world! And it was here the pious Huguenot forgot his appeals to high heaven-forgot what had driven him from his fatherland, and-unlike the pilgrim fathers who planted their standard on New England's happy shore, -became the first to oppress. It was here, against a fierce tyranny, the gallant Yamassee,
A tribe of faithful and heroic Indians. loyal to his professed friend, struggled and died for his liberty. It was here the last remnant of his tribe fought the fierce battle of right over might! It was here, in this domain, destined to be the great and powerful of nations-the asylum of an old world's shelter seeking poor, and the proud embodiment of a people's sovereignty,-liberty was first betrayed! It was here men deceived themselves, and freedom proclaimers became freedom destroyers. And, too, it was here Spanish cupidity, murderous in its search for gold, turned a deaf ear to humanity's cries, slaughtered the friendly Indian, and drenched the soil with his innocent blood. And it is here, at this moment, slavery-fierce monster, threatening the peace of a happy people-runs riot in all its savage vicissitudes, denying man his commonest birthright.
F. Colburn Adams
OUR WORLD:
OR, THE SLAVEHOLDER'S DAUGHTER.
PREFACE.
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.
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 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 LIV. — IN WHICH ARE DISCOVERIES AND PLEASANT SCENES.