AUTHOR'S NOTE:

The author would express his thanks to the proprietors and editors of the Atlantic Monthly, Harper's Magazine, and the Century, for their permission to reprint such portions of this volume as were originally published in those periodicals.

CAMBRIDGE, MASS.


CONTENTS

[ AUTHOR'S NOTE: ]

[ THE MAROONS OF JAMAICA ]

[ THE MAROONS OF SURINAM. ]

[ GABRIEL'S DEFEAT ]

[ DENMARK VESEY ]

[ NAT TURNER'S INSURRECTION ]

[ APPENDIX OF AUTHORITIES ]