Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Genealogies x
4. Introduction. Legacies 1
5. ONE. The People Who Can Fly 6
6. TWO. Susan’s Stories 9
7. THREE. The Hunts’ War 32
8. FOUR. School Days 51
9. FIVE. Trains, Rains, Pedagogy, and Savagery 66
10. SIX. The Hither Isles 87
11. SEVEN. Vanished 115
12. EIGHT. Obstreperous Women 136
13. NINE. Of the Genius and Training of Black Folk 154
14. TEN. Up from Slavery, Off to the White House 166
15. ELEVEN. Minds, Bodies, and Souls 187
16. TWELVE. Recalled to Life 217
17. THIRTEEN. Live Not on Evil 229
18. FOURTEEN. Reckless and Insubordinate 240
19. FIFTEEN. The Princess and the Pen 253
20. SIXTEEN. Firestorm 269
21. SEVENTEEN. Exile 288
22. EIGHTEEN. Flight 298
23. NINETEEN. After the Fall 306
24. AFTERWORD. “What a Strange Thing Is ‘Race,’ and Family, Stranger Still” 312
25. Rationale, Methods, Sources, and Notes 325
26. Acknowledgments 359
27. Index 363