CONTENTS

DEDICATION

CAST OF CHARACTERS

PICTURE THIS . . .

PART I: EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA (1839-1843)

MAMA

LULU

PART II: BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS (1843-1846)

GRAN

GREAT-UNCLE MARK

PART III: THE SEA (1846-1849)

UNCLE JOHN

OWEN

PART IV: NEW BEDFORD (1849-1851)

OWEN

PART V: CALIFORNIA (1852)

MAMA

PART VI (1852-1860)

JOSEPH: THE REST OF HIS STORY

AN AUTHOR’S EXPEDITION

IMAGES FROM JOSEPH’S LIFE

NINETEENTH-CENTURY RACIAL SLURS

SUGGESTED READING

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS