![]() ![]() ![]() Horrified by what she has caused, Charlotte tries to halt the whipping but succeeds only in injuring the captain. He and first mate Hollybrass overpower the rebellious crew, Jaggery shoots to death the chief mutineer Cranick-whom he had maimed on a previous voyage-and selects Zachariah to receive 50 lashes. She also becomes close to Captain Jaggery, who promises to protect her.īy accident, Charlotte discovers a plot against the captain and reveals it to him. Charlotte befriends the ship’s cook, elderly African sailor Zachariah, who gives her a small knife for protection. The ship is the 100-foot brig Seahawk, manned by a sullen crew and a demanding captain, Andrew Jaggery. On the voyage home, she is to be accompanied by two families, but they fail to show up, and she must travel alone. Her family departs first while she finishes school. Her father, a prominent shipping agent, has been promoted and recalled to the US. Thirteen-year-old Charlotte Doyle, at school in England, must return in 1832 to her family home in America. ![]()
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