Crusade Against Slavery: Edward Coles, Pioneer of Freedom

Contents

Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi “Dust in the Balance”: An Introduction 1 PA RT ON E 1. River and Opportunity 7 2. Man of Property 17 3. Release 42 PA RT T WO 4. Beginning 69 5. A Rough Land of Great Promise 80 6. Contest and Convention 92 7. A Prairie Firestorm 100 8. The Chasm 109 9. The Complaint 131 10. The Emancipator 1 50 11. The Devastating Truth of Madison’s Will 1 57 12. The Aging Historian 167 13. The Preacher 183 14. Prodigal Virginian 1 91 1 5. The Woodlands 200 Epilogue 207 Notes 213 Bibliography 247 Index 263 ...