Sheppard Lee, Written by Himself. Vol. 2 (of 2)Bird, Robert Montgomery
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Sheppard Lee, Written by Himself. Vol. 2 (of 2)
Bird, Robert Montgomery
American fiction -- 19th century; Satire
BOOK VI.
CONTAINING A HISTORY AND A MORAL.
CHAPTER I.
In which Sheppard Lee finds every thing black
about him.
CHAPTER II.
In which Sheppard Lee is introduced to his
master.
CHAPTER III.
An old woman's cure for a disease extremely
prevalent both in the coloured and uncoloured
creation.
CHAPTER IV.
Some account of Ridgewood Hill, and the
Author's occupations
CHAPTER V.
In which the Author further describes his
situation, and philosophizes on the state of
slavery.
CHAPTER VI.
Recollections of slavery.
CHAPTER VII.
A scene on the banks of the Potomac, with the
humours of an African improvisatore.
CHAPTER VIII.
The Author descends among the slaves, and
suddenly becomes a man of figure, and an
interpreter of new doctrines.
CHAPTER IX.
What it was the negroes had discovered among
the scantling.
CHAPTER X.
The effect of the pamphlet on its reader and
hearers.
CHAPTER XI.
The hatching of a conspiracy.
CHAPTER XII.
How the spoils of victory were intended to be
divided.
CHAPTER XIII.
The attack of the insurgents upon the mansion
at Ridgewood Hill.
CHAPTER XIV.
The tragical occurrences that followed.
CHAPTER XV.
The results of the insurrection, with a truly
strange and fatal catastrophe that befell the
Author.
CHAPTER XVI.
In which it is related what became of the Author
after being hanged.
BOOK VII.
WHICH IS INTENDED AS A PENDANT TO BOOK I., AND
CONTAINS THE HISTORY OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN OF
FORTUNE.
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