Contents

1. Introduction: People of Spirit
2.   1   Visionaries
3.   2   The Bottom Rail
4.   3   The Noble Spirit
5.   4   A Little Colony of Mississippians
6.   5   Broken Promises
7.   6   Those Who Stayed
8.   7   Reliance
9.   8   Community Children
10.   9   Salvation
11. 10   A Rising
12. 11   Crying in the Wilderness
13. 12   When the Movement Came
14. Conclusion: Changes
15. Archival Abbreviations
16. Notes
17. Acknowledgments
18. Index