The Quest of the Silver Fleece
In the post-Reconstruction era, a young Black man and woman from the deep South struggle to overcome the economic and political fleecing of their community.
License
Public Domain
Originally published
1911
Latest release
Jul 28, 2026
Pages
507
Format
6 × 9 in (152 × 229 mm)
Book type
Novel
Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Author's Note
- I. Dreams
- II. The School Day
- III. Miss Mary Taylor
- IV
- V. Zora
- VI. Cotton
- VII. The Place of Dreams
- VIII. Mr. Harry Cresswell
- IX. The Planting
- X
- XI. The Flowering of the Fleece
- XII. The Promise
- XIII. Mrs. Grey Gives a Dinner
- XIV. Love
- XV. Revelation
- XVI. The Great Refusal
- XVII. The Rape of the Fleece
- XVIII. The Cotton Corner
- XIX. The Dying of Elspeth Rich
- The Weaving of the Silver Fleece
- XXI. The Marriage Morning
- XXII
- XXIII. The Training of Zora
- XXIV. The Education of Alwyn
- XXV. The Campaign
- XXVI. Congressman Cresswell
- XXVII. The Vision of Zora
- XXVIII. The Annunciation
- XXIX. A Master of Fate
- The Return of Zora
- XXXI. A Parting of Ways
- XXXII. Zora’s Way
- XXXIII. The Buying of the Swamp
- XXXIV. The Return of Alwyn Bles
- XXXV. The Cotton Mill
- XXXVI
- XXXVII. The Mob
- XXXVIII. Atonement
- L’Envoi