The Black Barque

A Tale of the Pirate Slave-Ship

Gentle Hand

on Her Last African Cruise

By

T. JENKINS HAINS

AUTHOR OF

“THE STRIFE OF THE SEA,” “THE WIND-JAMMERS,” ETC.

Illustrated by

W. HERBERT DUNTON

BOSTON

L. C. PAGE & COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1905

By L. C. Page & Company

(INCORPORATED)

All rights reserved

Published February, 1905

Fifth Impression, March, 1908.

COLONIAL PRESS

Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co.

Boston, Mass., U.S.A.

TO THE

MEMORY OF MY GRANDFATHER

Thornton Jenkins

REAR-ADMIRAL UNITED STATES NAVY

AND HIS COUSIN

Sir Robert Jenkins, K.C.B.

VICE-ADMIRAL ROYAL NAVY

WHOSE SERVICES TO THE BLACK MAN SHOULD NOT

BE FORGOTTEN

THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED

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