Contents

List of Characters

1 • May 24, 1854

2 • Spring 1839

3 • May 24, 1854

4 • Summer 1841

5 • May 25, 1854

6 • May 25, 1854

7 • Winter 1846

8 • May 26, 1854

9 • May 26, 1854

10 • Winter 1846

11 • May 26, 1854

12 • May 27, 1854

13 • May 28, 1854

14 • 1846-1847

15 • May 29, 1854

16 • Winter 1854

17 • May 29, 1854

18 • May 31, 1854

19 • June 1, 1854

20 • June 2, 1854

Epilogue

Afterword

Selections from the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

A Biography of Virginia Hamilton

Bibliography

Index