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Survivors of the Chancellor

The Survivors of the Chancellor is a poignant and tragic tale of terror and intrigue on the high seas. Through raging storms, emaciating hunger and thirst, shipwreck and mutiny…follow the passengers of The Chancellor as they descend from one layer of hell to the next; never knowing if they will live another day. Horrific tragedy befalls them one after another, chipping away at the resolve and sanity of the passengers and crew. This tale is told in the first person, from the point of view of one of the passengers, J. R. Kazallon. He and seven other passengers debark from Charleston, South Carolina with twenty crew…and never arrive at their destination in England. (Summary by Joe DeNoia) (5 hr 2 min)

Chapters

Introduction

The Chancellor

Crew and Passengers

Bill of Lading

Something About My Fellow Passengers

An Unusual Route

The Sargasso Sea

Voices in the Night

Fire on Board

Curtis Explains the Situation

Picrate of Potash on Board

The Passengers Discover Their Danger

Curtis Becomes Captain

Between Fire and Water

Breakers to Starboard!

Shipwrecked

Sila Huntly Rescued from the Waves

M. Letourneur is Pessimistic

We Explore the Reef

The Cargo Unloaded

Examination of the Hold

The 'Chancellor' Released from her Prison

A New Danger

An Attempt at Mutiny

Curtis Resolves to Abandon the Ship

While There's Life There's Hope

Mr. Kear Makes a Business Deal

The Whale-Boat Missing

Mrs. Kear Succumbs to Fever

We Embark on the Raft

Our Situation Critical

First Day on the Raft

We Catch a Supply of Fish

Mutiny on the Raft

A Squall

Two Sailors Washed Overboard

We lose Nearly All our Provisions

Lieutenant Walter's Condition

Mutiny Again

A Father's Love

Death of Lieutenant Walter

Human Flesh for Bait

Oxide of Copper Poisoning

Owen's Death

The Depths of Despair

Our Thirst Relieved

My Fast is Broken

Hobart Hangs Himself

Hobart's Body Stolen

The Negro Becomes Insane

All Hope Gone

Flaypole Becomes Delirious

I Decide to Commit Suicide

We Decide to Draw Lots

Miss Herbey Pleads for One Day More

Fresh Water

Near the Coast of South America

Land Ahoy!