The Leopard's Spots

The Leopard's Spots

Thomas Dixon

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In answer to hundreds of letters, I wish to say that all the incidents used in Book I., which is properly the prologue of my story, were selected from authentic records, or came within my personal knowledge.

HISTORICAL NOTE

In answer to hundreds of letters, I wish to say that all the incidents used in Book I., which is properly the prologue of my story, were selected from authentic records, or came within my personal knowledge.

The only serious liberty I have taken with history is to tone down the facts to make them credible in fiction. The village of "Hambright" is my birthplace, and is located near the center of "Military District No. 2," comprising the Carolinas, which were destroyed as States by an Act of Congress in 1867. It will be a century yet before people outside the South can be made to believe a literal statement of the history of those times.

I tried to write this book with the utmost restraint.

Thomas Dixon, Jr.

May 9, 1902.

Elmington Manor, Dixondale, Va.

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HISTORICAL NOTE

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BOOK ONE-LEGREE'S REGIME CHAPTER I-A HERO RETURNS

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CHAPTER II-A LIGHT SHINING IN DARKNESS

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CHAPTER III-DEEPENING SHADOWS

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CHAPTER IV-MR. LINCOLN'S DREAM

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CHAPTER V-THE OLD AND THE NEW CHURCH

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CHAPTER VI-THE PREACHER AND THE WOMAN OF BOSTON

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CHAPTER VII-THE HEART OF A CHILD

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CHAPTER VIII-AN EXPERIMENT IN MATRIMONY

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CHAPTER IX-A MASTER OF MEN

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CHAPTER X-THE MAN OR BRUTE IN EMBRYO

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CHAPTER XI-SIMON LEGREE

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CHAPTER XII-RED SNOW DROPS

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CHAPTER XIII-DICK

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CHAPTER XIV-THE NEGRO UPRISING

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CHAPTER XV-THE NEW CITIZEN KING

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CHAPTER XVI-LEGREE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

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CHAPTER XVII-THE SECOND REIGN OF TERROR

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CHAPTER XVIII-THE RED FLAG OF THE AUCTIONEER

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CHAPTER XIX-THE RALLY OF THE CLANSMEN

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CHAPTER XX-HOW CIVILISATION WAS SAVED

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CHAPTER XXI-THE OLD AND THE NEW NEGRO

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CHAPTER XXII-THE DANGER OF PLAYING WITH FIRE

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CHAPTER XXIII-THE BIRTH OF A SCALAWAG

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CHAPTER XXIV-A MODERN MIRACLE

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BOOK TWO-LOVE'S DREAM CHAPTER I-BLUE EYES AND BLACK HAIR

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CHAPTER II-THE VOICE OF THE TEMPTER

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CHAPTER III-FLORA

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CHAPTER IV-THE ONE WOMAN

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CHAPTER V-THE MORNING OF LOVE

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CHAPTER VI-BESIDE BEAUTIFUL WATERS

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CHAPTER VII-DREAMS AND FEARS

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CHAPTER VIII-THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE

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CHAPTER IX-THE RHYTHM OF THE DANCE

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CHAPTER X-THE HEART OF A VILLAIN

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CHAPTER XI-THE OLD OLD STORY

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CHAPTER XII-THE MUSIC OF THE MILLS

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CHAPTER XIII-THE FIRST KISS

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CHAPTER XIV-A MYSTERIOUS LETTER

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CHAPTER XV-A BLOW IN THE DARK

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