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Foreward | 15 | |
Introduction | 17 | |
1. | The Settlement of the Virgin Islands: "Goodnight Governor" | 21 |
2. | The Planters: "Sons of Indolence" | 26 |
3. | The Slaves: Africa and the Middle Passage--"We Were Not To Be Eaten" | 36 |
4. | The Slaves: Life in the West Indies: "A Predominant Melancholy" | 41 |
5. | The Slaves: Death in the West Indies: "Mutilated Limbs and Broken Hearts" | 58 |
6. | The Abolition of the Slave Trade: "It's So Odious" | 65 |
7. | Arthur Hodge: "Great Accomplishments and Elegant Manners" | 82 |
8. | Death on Mount Bellevue: "That Modern Golgotha" | 90 |
9. | Conflict and Accusation: "Half-Uttered Threats" | 99 |
10. | The Governor: "The Course of Duty" | 106 |
11. | Hodge Arrested and Defended: "Than To Kill His Dog" | 115 |
12. | Trial: "This Case--For The Honor Of The World--Has No Parallel" | 123 |
Preparation | 123 | |
Prosecution | 129 | |
Defense | 149 | |
Rebuttal | 162 | |
Argument | 167 | |
Verdict | 174 | |
13. | Execution and Reflection: "The Awful Signal" | 175 |
14. | Impact on History: "The Hand of God" | 181 |
Epilogue: "Utterly Abolished" | 189 | |
Bibliographical Note | 191 | |
Bibliography | 193 | |
Official Documents | 193 | |
Other Sources | 194 | |
Index | 233 | |
List of Illustrations | ||
Flogging: "The Planter Looks on with calm Indifference as if Deaf to the piercing Shrieks that rend the air." (Frontispiece to The Authentic History of the English West Indies) | 27 | |
Seal of the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade, designed by Josiah Wedgwood | 73 | |
Plan of a Slave Ship | 75 | |
Arthur Hodge | 81 | |
View of Roadtown Harbor from Mount Bellevue | 86 | |
French Colonial "Black Dog" Coins Counter-stamped "H" for "Hodge" | 88 | |
Hugh Elliot | 107 | |
A Portion of Elliot's Draft of His Dispatch of April 1, 1811, to Lord Liverpool | 120 | |
Log of H.M.S. Cygnet for April 27, 1811, bearing signature of A. W. Hodge | 125 | |
Courtroom in Tortola | 128 | |
Title Pages of English and American Editions of The Trial of Arthur Hodge | 184 | |
Map | ||
The Virgin Islands from English and Danish Surveys, Thomas Jeffreys, 1775 | 23 |
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