Our World

by Francis Colburn Adams

Our WorldFrancis Colburn Adams, American miscellaneous writerThis ebook presents «Our World», from Francis Colburn Adams. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.Table of Contents- About This Book- Preface- Marston's Plantation- How A Night Was Spent On Marston's Plantation- Things Are Not So Bright As They Seem- An Unexpected Confession- The Marooning Party- Another Scene In Southern Life- Buckra-man Very Uncertain- A Cloud Of Misfortune Hangs Over The Plantation- Who Is Safe Against The Power- Another Shade Of The Picture- Mrs. Rosebrook's Project- Elder Pemberton Praiseworthy Changes His Business- A Father Tries To Be A Father- In Which The Extremes Are Presented- A Scene Of Many Lights- Another Phase Of The Picture- Pleasant Dealings With Human Property- A Not Uncommon Scene Slightly Changed- They Are All Going To Be Sold- Let Us Follow Poor Human Nature To The Man Shambles- A Father's Trials- We Change With Fortune- The Vicissitudes Of A Preacher- How We Manufacture Political Faith- Mr. M'fadden Sees Shadows In The Future- How They Stole The Preacher- Competition In Human Things- The Pretty Children Are To Be Sold- Nature Shames Itself- The Vision Of Death Has Past- A Friend Is Woman- Marston In Prison- Venders Of Human Property Are Not Responsible For Its Mental- A Common Incident Shortly Told- The Children Are Improving- Workings Of The Slave System- An Item In The Common Calendar- In Which Regrets Are Shown Of Little Worth- How We Should All Be Forgiving- Containing Various Matters- Nicholas's Simple Story- He Would Deliver Her From Bondage- Other Phases Of The Subject- How Daddy Bob Departed- How Slaveholders Fear Each Other- Southern Administration Of Justice- Prosperity The Result Of Justice- In Which The Fate Of Franconia Is Seen- In Which Is A Sad Recognition- In Which A Dangerous Principle Is Illustrated- A Continuation Of The Last Chapter- In Which Are Pleasures And Disappointments- A Familiar Scene, In Which Pringle Blowers Has Business- In Which Are Discoveries And Pleasant Scenes- In Which Is A Happy Meeting, Some Curious Facts Developed, And Clotilda's History Disclosed- In Which A Plot Is Disclosed, And The Man-seller Made To Pay The Penalty Of His Crimes

523 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 16, 2015

About the author

Francis Colburn Adams (1850–1891), American author. Also wrote under Pheleg Van Truesdale.