Black Ivory

About this eBook

Author

Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894

Credits

Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Slave trade -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

21748

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21748

Release Date

June 7, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2."Black Ivory" — Preface. — Chapter One. — Shows that a Good Beginning may Sometimes be Followed by a Bad Ending. — Chapter Two. — Yoosoof’s “Black Ivory.” — Chapter Three. — Relates the Further Adventures of Harold and Disco, and Lifts the Curtain a Little Higher in Regard to the Slave-Trade. — Chapter Four. — In Which Our Heroes See Strange Sights at Zanzibar, and Resolve Upon Taking a Bold Step. — Chapter Five. — In which the Travellers Enjoy Themselves Extremely, and Disco Lillihammer Sees Several Astonishing Sights. — Chapter Six. — Describes Several New and Surprising Incidents, which must be Read to be Fully Appreciated. — Chapter Seven. — Enemies are Changed into Friends—Our Travellers Penetrate into the Interior of the Land. — Chapter Eight. — Relates Adventures in the Shire Valley, and Touches on One or Two Phases of Slavery. — Chapter Nine. — In Which a Savage Chief Astonishes a Savage Animal. — Chapter Ten. — Describes African Domesticity, and Many Other Things Relative Thereto, Besides Showing that Alarms and Flights, Surprises and Feasts, are not Confined to Particular Places. — Chapter Eleven. — Reveals Disco’s Opinions about Savages, and the Savages’ Opinions of Disco, and Other Weighty Matters. — Chapter Twelve. — Describes a Hunting Expedition which was both Exciting and Successful. — Chapter Thirteen. — The Encampment and the Supper—Discussions, Political and Otherwise—Kambira Receives a Shock, and our Wanderers are Thrown into Perplexity. — Chapter Fourteen. — Camping, Travelling, Shooting, Dreaming, Poetising, Philosophising, and Surprising, in Equatorial Africa. — Chapter Fifteen. — Shows Some of the Effects of the Slave-Trade at the Fountain-Head. — Chapter Sixteen. — Treats of Love, Hatred, and Sorrow, and Proves that Slavery and its Consequences are not Confined to Black Men and Women. — Chapter Seventeen. — Strong Measures Lead to Unexpected Discoveries. — Chapter Eighteen. — Describes Some of the Doings of Yoosoof and His Men in Procuring Black Ivory from the Interior of Africa. — Chapter Nineteen. — Tells of Misfortunes that Befell Our Wanderers; of Familiar Toys Under New Aspects, Etcetera. — Chapter Twenty. — Harold Appears in a New Character, and Two Old Characters Reappear to Harold. — Chapter Twenty One. — Progress of the Slave-Run—The Deadly Swamp, and the Unexpected Rescue. — Chapter Twenty Two. — Describes “Black Ivory” at Sea. — Chapter Twenty Three. — The Remedy. — Chapter Twenty Four. — Tells of Sad Sights, and Sudden Events, and Unexpected Meetings. — Chapter Twenty Five. — The Last. — The End.

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