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Manuel Pereira

by F. Colburn Adams

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Author
Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn), 1850-1891
Title
Manuel Pereira; Or, The Sovereign Rule of South Carolina
Credits
Produced by Charles Aldarondo, and David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
South Carolina -- Fiction
Category
Text
eBook-No.
4680
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4680
Release Date
November 1, 2003
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.MANUEL PEREIRA or, The Sovereign Rule of South Carolina. With Views Of Southern Laws, Life, And Hospitality.
  2. 2.By F. C. Adams. — Written In Charleston, South Carolina. Washington, D. C.: 1853.
  3. 3.INTRODUCTION. — MANUEL PEREIRA.
  4. 4.CHAPTER I. THE UNLUCKY SHIP.
  5. 5.CHAPTER II. THE STEWARD'S BRAVERY.
  6. 6.CHAPTER III. THE SECOND STORM.
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV. THE CHARLESTON POLICE.
  8. 8.CHAPTER V. MR. GRIMSHAW, THE MAN OF THE COUNTY.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VI. THE JANSON IN THE OFFING.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VII. ARRIVAL OF THE JANSON.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. A NEW DISH OF SECESSION.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. A FEW POINTS OF THE LAW.
  13. 13.CHAPTER X. THE PROSPECT DARKENING.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XI. THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XII. THE OLD JAIL.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. HOW IT IS.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. MANUEL PEREIRA COMMITTED.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XV. THE LAW'S INTRICACY.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. PLEA OF JUST CONSIDERATION AND MISTAKEN CONSTANCY OF THE LAWS.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. LITTLE GEORGE, THE CAPTAIN, AND MR. GRIMSHAW.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. LITTLE TOMMY AND THE POLICE.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. THE NEXT MORNING, AND THE MAYOR'S VERDICT.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XX. EMEUTE AMONG THE STEWARDS.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. THE CAPTAIN'S INTERVIEW WITH MR. GRIMSHAW.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. COPELAND'S RELEASE, AND MANUEL'S CLOSE CONFINEMENT.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. IMPRISONMENT OF JOHN PAUL, AND JOHN BAPTISTE PAMERLIE.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. THE JANSON CONDEMNED.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXV. GEORGE THE SECESSIONIST, AND HIS FATHER'S SHIPS.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI. A SINGULAR RECEPTION.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII. THE HABEAS CORPUS.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII. THE CAPTAIN'S DEPARTURE AND MANUEL'S RELEASE.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX. MANUEL'S ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXX. THE SCENE OF ANGUISH.
  34. 34.CONCLUSION.
  35. 35.APPENDIX.

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