Preface1. The Compromise and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850: Background of the Compromise2. Black Reaction to the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850: Terror in the Black Community3. Black Resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850: Early Phase4. Black Resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850: "Freedom's Battle" at Christiana, Pennsylvania5. Black Resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850: The Middle Phase6. Black Resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850: The Last Phase7. Blacks and Uncle Tom's Cabin8. Black Emigration, 1850–1861 I: Issues and Personalities9. Black Emigration, 1850–1861 II: Canada, Central America, and Haiti10. Black Emigration, 1850–1861 III: Africa11. Kansas-Nebraska, Cuban Annexation, and the Early Republican Party12. The Dred Scott Case, Its Repercussions, and the Election of 185813. Blacks and John Brown14. Blacks and the Election of 186015. The Coming of the Civil War16. Why the War Came17. The White Man's War18. End of the White Man's War19. Two Proclamations and a Day of Jubilee20. Men of Color, To Arms!21. The Home Front—South22. The Home Front—North23. The Army and the Freed Slaves, 1863–186424. Blacks and Abraham Lincoln, 1863–186425. Union Victory26. Why the North Won27. Free at Last!Bibliography and SourcesIndex