Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-317) and index.
Contents
Preface : a double life -- pt. 1. The war before the war. 1. The kindling and the spark -- 2. Visions and ideals -- 3. On the wings of his words -- 4. River of anguish -- 5. "My dear brother -- 6. The lantern in the window -- 7. 1831 -- 8. Speak truth to power -- 9. Family -- 10. Agitation -- 11. Mobocracy -- 12. The seventy -- 13. Two abductions and a murder -- pt. 2. 1838. 14. Waves break on either shore -- 15. "Mercy enough?" -- 16. The trap -- 17. "The matter is highly mysterious" -- 18. Exposing the chain -- 19. "These men are dangerous" -- 20. The unappeasable spirit -- pt. 3. Midnight assassins. 21. A new season -- 22. Double or nothing -- 23. By fire and sword -- 24. "Thus have I been attacked" -- 25. "A victim of the slave power" -- 26. Parker's Ferry -- 27. With spur and rein -- 28. Neighbors -- pt. 4. Beyond the river. 29. Prison doors -- 30. The quickening flow -- 31. Broken vessel -- 32. Echoes.
