VICE-ADMIRAL ROYAL NAVY
WHOSE SERVICES TO THE BLACK MAN SHOULD NOT
BE FORGOTTEN
THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| I. | I Seek a New Ship | [1] |
| II. | Captain Howard | [8] |
| III. | The Barque | [18] |
| IV. | Shanghaied | [30] |
| V. | In the Fo’c’sle | [39] |
| VI. | I Become “Cock of the Walk” | [48] |
| VII. | Two Kinds of Hand-shakes | [55] |
| VIII. | Our Bos’n | [65] |
| IX. | I Make Another Friend | [72] |
| X. | Yankee Dan and His Daughter | [81] |
| XI. | We Make a Day of It | [92] |
| XII. | How the Day Ended | [100] |
| XIII. | A Surprising Salute | [107] |
| XIV. | I Decide to Leave the Barque | [117] |
| XV. | Others Decide Otherwise | [128] |
| XVI. | A Taste of Cold Iron | [135] |
| XVII. | Sir John and Miss Allen | [144] |
| XVIII. | The Barque Has Ill Luck | [152] |
| XIX. | And Still More Ill Luck | [162] |
| XX. | What Happened in Madeira | [171] |
| XXI. | The Strange Brig | [180] |
| XXII. | “Stand to It!” | [188] |
| XXIII. | What the Captain’s Chest Held | [198] |
| XXIV. | The Captain Shows His Mettle | [207] |
| XXV. | We Hear of Long Tom | [218] |
| XXVI. | We Repel Boarders | [225] |
| XXVII. | Our Captive | [233] |
| XXVIII. | My First Glimpse of Slavery | [241] |
| XXIX. | We Lay in Our Cargo | [248] |
| XXX. | I Suspect Treachery | [254] |
| XXXI. | I Meet Cortelli | [264] |
| XXXII. | Open Mutiny | [273] |
| XXXIII. | The Fight on Deck | [280] |
| XXXIV. | The Cargo Breaks Loose | [288] |
| XXXV. | Our Last Chance | [296] |
| XXXVI. | The End of the Black Barque | [305] |
| XXXVII. | The Last Strand of My Yarn | [313] |
THE SHIP’S COMPANY