Project Gutenberg 2017-11-20 Public domain in the USA. 214 Hains, T. Jenkins (Thornton Jenkins) 1866 1953 Garnett, Mayn Clew Hains, Thornton Jenkins Dunton, W. Herbert 1878 1936 Dunton, Herbert Dunton, William Herbert 05006783 The Black Barque A Tales of the Pirate Slave-Ship Gentle Hand on Her Last African Cruise Produced by KD Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "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.) Reading ease score: 78.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Historical fiction Sea stories African Americans -- Fiction Pirates -- Fiction Slave trade -- Fiction Enslaved persons -- Fiction Slave traders -- Fiction Slave ships -- Fiction PS Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels 482880 2025-06-22T10:35:50.877925 text/html 461078 2024-10-23T02:55:28 text/html 512145 2025-06-22T10:36:00.560881 application/epub+zip 508404 2025-06-22T10:35:52.913952 application/epub+zip 296065 2025-06-22T10:35:52.000938 application/epub+zip 606231 2025-06-22T10:36:06.033887 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 563477 2025-06-22T10:35:59.649868 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 356054 2022-08-25T08:57:25.561606 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 416924 2025-06-22T10:35:49.861909 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 397085 2024-10-23T02:55:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19436 2025-06-22T10:36:06.210329 application/rdf+xml 14793 2025-06-22T10:35:52.146896 image/jpeg 2084 2025-06-22T10:35:52.072913 image/jpeg 534827 2025-06-22T10:35:50.939927 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia