Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Omitted in Mass -- Part I: 1700-1842 -- 1. The Southside -- 2. God, Grace and Child, and Wonder -- 3. Laborers in God's Vineyard -- 4. A Mother and Grandmother of All the Others -- 5. Blood on the Fence, Blood on the Ground -- Part II: 1843-1860 -- 6. Garden Spot of the World -- 7. Storm Clouds -- 8. Morning Sun -- 9. The Time for Moderation Has Passed -- Part III: 1861-1865 -- 10. Goodbye Pa -- 11. Disposed of as Follows -- 12. His Erring Children -- 13. No-Man's-Land -- 14. Honorable Mention
15. Oh for a Better State of Things!!! -- Part IV: 1865-1893 -- 16. There Is Danger of Much Trouble -- 17. A Relic of the Old Barbarism -- 18. A Terrible State of Frenzy -- 19. Yearning for the "Days of Yore" -- 20. A Promising and Pleasant Little Village -- Epilogue: You Can't Tell All the Good Parts Unless You Bring in Some of That Bad Part -- Profiles of Enslaved People, 1773-1865 -- Davies Family Tree -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary
An intimate look at the Davies family plantation museum and the perpetuation of myths about slavery
