Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Ancestral Chart of the Purvis Family xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. Of Southern Birth 7
7. The City of Brotherly Love 17
8. Present at the Beginning 29
9. World Traveler 43
10. “We are Not Intruders Here” 59
11. To Aid the Fleeing Slave 75
12. A Time of Loss 89
13. Gentleman Farmer 101
14. “This Wicked Law” 117
15. “Are We Not Men?” 131
16. “A Proud Day for the Colored Man” 145
17. “Equality of Rights for All” 161
18. The Freedmen’s Savings Bank 175
19. “We are To the Manner Born” 191
20. “His Magnificent Record” 207
21. Notes 213
22. Notes 255
23. Index 267