The Land of Bondage
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John Bloundelle-Burton. The Land of Bondage
PART I. THE NARRATIVE OF GERALD, VISCOUNT ST. AMANDE
CHAPTER I. MY LORD'S FUNERAL
CHAPTER II. AN UNPEACEFUL PASSING
CHAPTER III. A BEGGAR AND AN OUTCAST
CHAPTER IV. INTO THE LAND OF BONDAGE
CHAPTER V. THE SPRINGE IS SET
CHAPTER VI. THE BIRD DRAW'S NEAR
CHAPTER VII. TRAPPED
CHAPTER VIII. AND CAGED
CHAPTER IX. MY MOTHER
CHAPTER X. A NOBLE KINSMAN
CHAPTER XI. IMPRESSED
PART II. THE NARRATIVE OF JOICE BAMPFYLD OF VIRGINIA
CHAPTER XII. A COLONIAL PLANTATION
CHAPTER XIII. THE BOND SLAVE
CHAPTER XIV. A SLAVE'S GRATITUDE!
CHAPTER XV. A VISITOR FROM ENGLAND
CHAPTER XVI. ANOTHER VISITOR
CHAPTER XVII. THE RED MAN
CHAPTER XVIII. BESIEGED
CHAPTER XIX. AT BAY
CHAPTER XX. THE GREAT MEDICINE CHIEF
CHAPTER XXI. IN CAPTIVITY
CHAPTER XXII. AMONGST THE SAVAGES
CHAPTER XXIII. DENOUNCED
CHAPTER XXIV 'TWIXT BEAR AND PANTHER
PART III. THE NARRATIVE OF LORD ST. AMANDE CONTINUED
CHAPTER XXV. THE SHAWNEE TRAIL
CHAPTER XXVI. AS FOEMEN FIGHT
CHAPTER XXVII. A LONG PEACE
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE REWARD OF A TRAITOR
PART IV. THE NARRATIVE OF JOICE BAMPFYLD CONTINUED
CHAPTER XXIX. HOMEWARD BOUND
CHAPTER XXX. IN THE LAND WHERE THEIR FATHERS DWELT
CHAPTER XXXI. FACE TO FACE
CHAPTER XXXII. NEMESIS
THE NARRATIVE CONCLUDED BY GERALD, VISCOUNT ST. AMANDE "AFTER THESE STORMS AT LAST A CALM"
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And this was the end of it. To be buried at the public expense!
To be buried at the public expense, although a Viscount in the Peerage of Ireland and the heir to a Marquisate in the Peerage of England.
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"'Sure!' he exclaimed, rapping the table so loudly that the maid started from her nodding to stare at us. 'Sure! Sure! Man, I tell you the boy is dead.' Then, glancing suspiciously at the girl and lowering his voice, he went on again, 'We will proceed as follows. There is a friend of mine who maketh it his business to consign the ne'er-do-wells and prison scourings of this city to Virginia, where he sells them to the tobacco planters for what they will fetch over and above what he has given for them. Now for a boy such as young Gerald-pish! I mean him whom you call young Gerald-he would give as much as twenty guineas, especially on my description of him. But,' he said, again touching me with his finger on the breast so that I felt disposed to fell him to the floor, 'but that is not all. For so that his lordship, who is a noble-minded gentleman if ever there was one, may peaceably enter upon and enjoy his own, subject to no disturbance nor thwarting, he will give two hundred guineas to me for having him safely put aboard my friend's brig, the Dove, and shipped to Newcastle, on the Delaware, where he trades.'
"'Two hundred guineas,' I said, appearing to dwell upon it; ''tis a goodly sum, and the boy might do well in Virginia. He is a lad of parts.'
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