Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. List of Illustrations xvii
4. Foreword xxi
5. Preface: “My Only Way of Fighting”—Walter O. Evans and Collecting “400 years of Black History” xxxi
6. Frederick Douglass Family Tree xlix
7. Acknowledgments li
8. A Note on Texts and Editorial Practice lv
9. Introduction: “We Labored with Our Father”—The Told Story of Frederick Douglass is the Untold Story of His Family lvii
10. Part I: Our Bondage and Our Freedom 1
11. Part II: An “Undying” Love Story 41
12. Part III: “Men of Color, To Arms!” 111
13. Part IV: The “Incontestable Voice of History” in Frederick Douglass’s Manuscripts 231
14. Part V: “I Glory in Your Spirit” 455
15. Part VI: “I Was Born” 619
16. Part VII: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave and Free Man, as told by Charles Remond Douglass 647
17. Part VIII: Frederick Douglass and Family in Photographs and Prints 677
18. Part IX: Frederick Douglass and Family Resources 733
19. Part X: Helen Amelia Loguen Correspondence 757
20. Afterword 763
21. Index 771