Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Prologue 1
5. PART I. Liberty and Slavery
6. Chapter One. ‘‘Slavery may truly be said to be the peculiar curse of this land’’ 5
7. Chapter Two. ‘‘Those natural and inherent rights that we all feel, and know, as men’’ 39
8. Chapter Three. ‘‘God will deliver his own People from Slavery’’ 63
9. PART II. Liberty’s Trials
10. Chapter Four. ‘‘A plan, for instigating the slaves to insurrection’’ 81
11. Chapter Five. ‘‘The Young King was about to alter the World, & set the Negroes Free’’ 100
12. Chapter Six. ‘‘Dark, Hellish plots’’ 119
13. Chapter Seven. ‘‘Justice is Satisfied!’’ 136
14. Epilogue 152
15. Afterword 162
16. Abbreviations Used in the Notes 167
17. Notes 169
18. A Note on Sources 201
19. Acknowledgments 211
20. Index 215