Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp
Transcriber's Note: Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.
TALE OF THE GREAT DISMAL SWAMP
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
AUTHOR OF UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
Away to the Dismal Swamp he speeds:
His path was rugged and sore,—
Through tangled juniper, beds of reeds,
Through many a fen, where the serpent feeds,
And man never trod before.
And when on earth he sunk to sleep,
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. THE MISTRESS OF CANEMA.
CHAPTER II. CLAYTON.
CHAPTER III. THE CLAYTON FAMILY AND SISTER ANNE.
CHAPTER IV. THE GORDON FAMILY.
CHAPTER V. HARRY AND HIS WIFE.
CHAPTER VI. THE DILEMMA.
CHAPTER VII. CONSULTATION.
CHAPTER VIII. OLD TIFF.
CHAPTER IX. THE DEATH.
CHAPTER X. THE PREPARATION.
CHAPTER XI. THE LOVERS.
CHAPTER XII. EXPLANATIONS.
CHAPTER XIII. TOM GORDON.
CHAPTER XIV. AUNT NESBIT'S LOSS.
CHAPTER XV. MR. JEKYL'S OPINIONS.
CHAPTER XVI. MILLY'S STORY.
CHAPTER XVII. UNCLE JOHN.
CHAPTER XVIII. DRED.
CHAPTER XIX. THE CONSPIRATORS.
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER XX. SUMMER TALK AT CANEMA.
CHAPTER XXI. TIFF'S PREPARATIONS.
CHAPTER XXII. THE WORSHIPPERS.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE CAMP-MEETING.
CHAPTER XXIV. LIFE IN THE SWAMPS.
CHAPTER XXV. MORE SUMMER TALK.
CHAPTER XXVI. MILLY'S RETURN.
CHAPTER XXVII. THE TRIAL.
CHAPTER XXVIII. MAGNOLIA GROVE.
CHAPTER XXIX. THE TROUBADOUR.
CHAPTER XXX. TIFF'S GARDEN.
CHAPTER XXXI. THE WARNING.
CHAPTER XXXII. THE MORNING STAR.
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE LEGAL DECISION.
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE CLOUD BURSTS.
CHAPTER XXXV. THE VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS.
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE EVENING STAR.
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE TIE BREAKS.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE PURPOSE.
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE NEW MOTHER.
CHAPTER XL. THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT.
CHAPTER XLI. THE CLERICAL CONFERENCE.
CHAPTER XLII. THE RESULT.
CHAPTER XLIII. THE SLAVE'S ARGUMENT.
CHAPTER XLIV. THE DESERT.
CHAPTER XLV. JEGAR SAHADUTHA.
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER XLVI. FRANK RUSSEL'S OPINIONS.
CHAPTER XLVII. TOM GORDON'S PLANS.
CHAPTER XLVIII. LYNCH LAW.
CHAPTER XLIX. MORE VIOLENCE.
CHAPTER L. ENGEDI.
CHAPTER LI. THE SLAVE HUNT.
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER LII. "ALL OVER."
CHAPTER LIII. THE BURIAL.
CHAPTER LIV. THE ESCAPE.
CHAPTER LV. LYNCH LAW AGAIN.
CHAPTER LVI. FLIGHT.
FOOTNOTE:
CHAPTER LVII. CLEAR SHINING AFTER RAIN.
FOOTNOTE:
APPENDIX I.
FOOTNOTE:
APPENDIX II.
APPENDIX III.
FOOTNOTES:
