# To Cuba and Back — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for To Cuba and Back by Richard Henry Dana Jr..

- [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/dedication.md): The author dedicates the narrative of his short absence to the Gentlemen of the Saturday Club.
- [To Cuba and Back](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/to-cuba-and-back.md): The narrator recounts the initial departure from New York, the journey across the Gulf Stream, and the first impressions of Cuba, including the arrival in Havana and early observations of the landscape, people, and colon
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/i.md): The narrator departs from New York on the steamship Cahawba on February 12, 1859, describing the bustling pier, the diverse passengers, and the quiet efficiency of the ship's departure. The voyage begins with a snowy, co
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/ii.md): The narrator describes the routine and discipline aboard the steamer Cahawba, the crossing of the Gulf Stream, and the sighting of the Florida coast. Observations are made on the effects of slavery and despotism on Cuban
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/iii.md): The narrator describes a warm day at sea approaching Cuba, observing the diverse passengers aboard, including Northern and Cuban children. They sight the coast of Cuba, the Pan of Matanzas, and eventually Havana from the

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- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [First Day on a Sugar Estate](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [Habits of the Cubans, Visit to the Bishop, and the Coolie Mart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/xxiii.md)
- [Political Condition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/political-condition.md)
- [Religion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/religion.md)
- [Slavery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/slavery.md)
- [Material Resources—Education](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/material-resources-education.md)
- [The Cahawba — Her arrival — Last night in Havana — Leave-takings — On board the Cahawba — Getting underway — Last views of Cuba — Night at sea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/xxiv.md)
- [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/xxv.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/to_cuba_and_back_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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