Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1. A Clash of Images: Great Egalitarian or Hard-Core Racist? 1
5. 2. Free Soil, Free Labor, and Free White Men: The Illinois Years 43
6. 3. Becoming an Emancipator: The War Years 85
7. Notes 129
8. Index 146