TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hains,T.Jenkins
AU  - Dunton,W.Herbert
TI  - The black barque
AV  - PS 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Historical fiction
KW  - Sea stories
KW  - African Americans -- Fiction
KW  - Pirates -- Fiction
KW  - Slave trade -- Fiction
KW  - Enslaved persons -- Fiction
KW  - Slave traders -- Fiction
KW  - Slave ships -- Fiction
N1  - Release date is 2017-11-20; Produced by KD Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading
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N2  - "The Black Barque" by T. Jenkins Hains is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around themes of piracy, adventure, and the moral complexities of slavery, as experienced by a young sailor named John Heywood. The narrative begins with Heywood, who is navigating the tumultuous life of a sailor in post-war Europe, seeking a new opportunity at sea.  The opening of the book introduces John Heywood as he reflects on his previous experiences on the ship "Washington" and describes his arrival in Havre, where he encounters men adrift due to the aftermath of war. After a series of confrontations and misunderstandings, he finds himself tricked into signing onto a ship called the "Gentle Hand", led by the morally ambiguous Captain Howard. The narrative hints at a darker purpose behind their voyage, intertwined with the slave trade, as we learn that Howard is a notorious former pirate. As Heywood meets other crew members and begins to navigate his new life aboard, the stage is set for a gripping tale of adventure and ethical dilemmas. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56017
ER  -