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Introduction
Autobiographical "Ground Zero"
Point of Departure 1: An Autobiographical Incident
Point of Departure 2: A Phase in One's Life
Point of Departure 3: A (Mostly Detached) Memoir of a Person
Point of Departure 4: A (Mostly Detached) Memoir of a Place
Point of Departure 5: A Reflection Upon An Eyewitness Event
Point of Departure 6: An Evocation of Nature
Point of Departure 7: An Intimate Memoir of a Person
Point of Departure 8: An Insider's Perspective on a Place
Point of Departure 9: A Family Anecdote
The Destined Goal: A Full Autobiography
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands
CHAPTER I: My Birth and Parentage—Early Tastes and Travels—Marriage, and Widowhood.
CHAPTER II: Struggles for Life—The Cholera in Jamaica—I leave Kingston for the Isthmus of Panama—Chagres, Navy Bay, and Gatun—Life in Panama—Up the River Chagres to Gorgona and Cruces.
CHAPTER III: My Reception at the Independent Hotel—A Cruces Table d’Hôte—Life in Cruces—Amusements of the Crowds—A Novel Four-post Bed.
CHAPTER IV: An Unwelcome Visitor in Cruces—The Cholera—Success of the Yellow Doctress—Fearful Scene at the Mule-owner’s—The Burying Parties—The Cholera attacks me.
CHAPTER V: American Sympathy—I take an Hotel in Cruces—My Customers—Lola Montes—Miss Hayes and the Bishop—Gambling in Cruces—Quarrels amongst the Travellers—New Granadan Military—The Thieves of Cruces—A Narrow Escape
CHAPTER VI: MIGRATION TO GORGONA—FAREWELL DINNERS AND SPEECHES—A BUILDING SPECULATION—LIFE IN GORGONA—SYMPATHY WITH AMERICAN SLAVES—DR. CASEY IN TROUBLE—FLOODS AND FIRES—YANKEE INDEPENDENCE AND FREEDOM.
CHAPTER VIII: I LONG TO JOIN THE BRITISH ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL—MY WANDERINGS ABOUT LONDON FOR THAT PURPOSE—HOW I FAIL—ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FIRM OF “DAY AND MARTIN”—I EMBARK FOR TURKEY.
CHAPTER IX: VOYAGE TO CONSTANTINOPLE—MALTA—GIBRALTAR—CONSTANTINOPLE, AND WHAT I THOUGHT OF IT—VISIT TO SCUTARI HOSPITAL—MISS NIGHTINGALE.
CHAPTER XI: ALARMS IN THE HARBOUR—GETTING THE STORES ON SHORE—ROBBERY BY NIGHT AND DAY—THE PREDATORY TRIBES OF BALACLAVA—ACTIVITY OF THE AUTHORITIES—WE OBTAIN LEAVE TO ERECT OUR STORE, AND FIX UPON SPRING HILL AS ITS SITE—THE TURKISH PACHA—THE FLOOD—OUR CARPENTERS—I BECOME AN ENGLISH SCHOOLMISTRESS ABROAD.
CHAPTER XII: THE BRITISH HOTEL—DOMESTIC DIFFICULTIES—OUR ENEMIES—THE RUSSIAN RATS—ADVENTURES IN SEARCH OF A CAT—LIGHT-FINGERED ZOUAVES—CRIMEAN THIEVES—POWDERING A HORSE.
CHAPTER XIII: MY WORK IN THE CRIMEA.
CHAPTER XIV: MY CUSTOMERS AT THE BRITISH HOTEL.
CHAPTER XV: MY FIRST GLIMPSE OF WAR—ADVANCE OF MY TURKISH FRIENDS ON KAMARA—VISITORS TO THE CAMP—MISS NIGHTINGALE—MONS. SOYER AND THE CHOLERA—SUMMER IN THE CRIMEA—“THIRSTY SOULS”—DEATH BUSY IN THE TRENCHES.
CHAPTER XVI: UNDER FIRE ON THE FATAL 18TH OF JUNE—BEFORE THE REDAN—AT THE CEMETERY—THE ARMISTICE—DEATHS AT HEAD-QUARTERS—DEPRESSION IN THE CAMP—PLENTY IN T