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Frank Hunter's First and Last Pl abooting
First person narrative recounts a perilous night aboard a flatboat near Baton Rouge. The author, aided by a trusted slave Pomp, escapes captors and defeats mutinous crew including Boldin, who is captured and later dies in prison. The tale ends with the narrator selling the boat, seeking freedom, and confirming the identity of Fassx Uowren's Finer and Laer Fuatscause.
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Juan
Old Imessa
Masoa Bowdin
Mason Hpidin
New Sewanee
Old Failbe
Dave
Bolding
Pomp
Linn Megre
Pera
Crione
Baton
Miesouri
Rascal
Kentucky