The Leopard's Spots: A Romance of the White Man's Burden—1865-1900
CONTENTS
In answer to hundreds of letters, I wish to say that all the incidents used in Book I., which is properly the prologue of my story, were selected from authentic records, or came within my personal knowledge.
The only serious liberty I have taken with history is to tone down the facts to make them credible in fiction. The village of “Hambright” is my birthplace, and is located near the center of “Military District No. 2,” comprising the Carolinas, which were destroyed as States by an Act of Congress in 1867. It will be a century yet before people outside the South can be made to believe a literal statement of the history of those times.
I tried to write this book with the utmost restraint.
Thomas Dixon, Jr.
May 9, 1902.
Elmington Manor, Dixondale, Va.
Jr. Thomas Dixon
THE LEOPARD’S SPOTS
A Romance Of The White Man’s Burden—1865-1900
Illustrated By C. D. Williams
1902
HISTORICAL NOTE
LEADING CHARACTERS OF THE STORY
THE LEOPARD’S SPOTS
BOOK ONE—LEGREE’S REGIME
CHAPTER I—A HERO RETURNS
CHAPTER II—A LIGHT SHINING IN DARKNESS
CHAPTER III—DEEPENING SHADOWS
CHAPTER IV—MR. LINCOLN’S DREAM
CHAPTER V—THE OLD AND THE NEW CHURCH
CHAPTER VI—THE PREACHER AND THE WOMAN OF BOSTON
CHAPTER VII—THE HEART OF A CHILD
CHAPTER VIII—AN EXPERIMENT IN MATRIMONY
CHAPTER IX—A MASTER OF MEN
CHAPTER X—THE MAN OR BRUTE IN EMBRYO
CHAPTER XI—SIMON LEGREE
CHAPTER XII—RED SNOW DROPS
CHAPTER XIII—DICK
CHAPTER XIV—THE NEGRO UPRISING
CHAPTER XV—THE NEW CITIZEN KING
CHAPTER XVI—LEGREE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
CHAPTER XVII—THE SECOND REIGN OF TERROR
CHAPTER XVIII—THE RED FLAG OF THE AUCTIONEER
CHAPTER XIX—THE RALLY OF THE CLANSMEN
CHAPTER XX—HOW CIVILISATION WAS SAVED
CHAPTER XXI—THE OLD AND THE NEW NEGRO
CHAPTER XXII—THE DANGER OF PLAYING WITH FIRE
CHAPTER XXIII—THE BIRTH OF A SCALAWAG
CHAPTER XXIV—A MODERN MIRACLE
BOOK TWO—LOVE’S DREAM
CHAPTER I—BLUE EYES AND BLACK HAIR
CHAPTER II—THE VOICE OF THE TEMPTER
CHAPTER III—FLORA
CHAPTER IV—THE ONE WOMAN
CHAPTER V—THE MORNING OF LOVE
CHAPTER VI—BESIDE BEAUTIFUL WATERS
CHAPTER VII—DREAMS AND FEARS
CHAPTER VIII—THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE
CHAPTER IX—THE RHYTHM OF THE DANCE
CHAPTER X—THE HEART OF A VILLAIN
CHAPTER XI—THE OLD OLD STORY
CHAPTER XII—THE MUSIC OF THE MILLS
CHAPTER XIII—THE FIRST KISS
CHAPTER XIV—A MYSTERIOUS LETTER
CHAPTER XV—A BLOW IN THE DARK
CHAPTER XVI—THE MYSTERY OF PAIN
CHAPTER XVII—IS GOD OMNIPOTENT?
CHAPTER XVIII—THE WAYS OF BOSTON
CHAPTER XIX—THE SHADOW OF A DOUBT
CHAPTER XX—A NEW LESSON IN LOVE
CHAPTER XXI—WHY THE PREACHER THREW HIS LIFE AWAY
CHAPTER XXII—THE FLESH AND THE SPIRIT
BOOK THREE—THE THE TRIAL BY FIRE
CHAPTER I—A GROWL BENEATH THE EARTH
CHAPTER II—FACE TO FACE WITH FATE
CHAPTER III—A WHITE LIE
CHAPTER IV—THE UNSPOKEN TERROR
CHAPTER V—A THOUSAND-LEGGED BEAST
CHAPTER VI—THE BLACK PERIL
CHAPTER VII—EQUALITY WITH A RESERVATION
CHAPTER VIII—THE NEW SIMON LEGREE
CHAPTER IX—THE NEW AMERICA
CHAPTER X—ANOTHER DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
CHAPTER XI—THE HEART OF A WOMAN
CHAPTER XII—THE SPLENDOUR OF SHAMELESS LOVE
CHAPTER XIII—A SPEECH THAT MADE HISTORY
CHAPTER XIV—THE RED SHIRTS
CHAPTER XV—THE HIGHER LAW
CHAPTER XVI—THE END OF A MODERN VILLAIN
CHAPTER XVII—WEDDING BELLS IN THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION
