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Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Terminology and Abbreviations xi
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 1 A Land of Promise and Hard Toil 9
8. Chapter 2 Timbucto 27
9. Chapter 3 Cultivators of Soil and Social Justice 43
10. Chapter 4 The Genesis of the John Brown Farm and the Demise of Timbucto 59
11. Chapter 5 Middling Tuff Times 75
12. Chapter 6 High Peaks and Higher Law 89
13. Chapter 7 Carrying the War into Africa 99
14. Chapter 8 The Anguish of Harpers Ferry 115
15. Chapter 9 Vying for John Brown’s Body 133
16. Chapter 10 Buried Among Kin and Neighbors 153
17. Chapter 11 Suffering, Stone Inscriptions, and School 171
18. Chapter 12 July Fourth at North Elba 187
19. Chapter 13 Wartime in Essex County and Concord 201
20. Chapter 14 Truly, the World Moves, and the People Move with It 217
21. Appendix A 229
22. Appendix B 233
23. Notes 237
24. Selected Bibliography 271
25. Index 277