Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: The Kaleidoscope Turns
Chapter 2: Jordan Chavis Establishes Himself in Mississippi
Chapter 3: Jordan Chavis’s Farming Operations in Mississippi, 1830–1860
Chapter 4: The Chavis Children, 1830–1860
Chapter 5: Years of Hope/Years of Despair: The Chavis Family in the 1850s
Chapter 6: War and Its Aftermath for the Chavis Family, 1861–1873
Chapter 7: Reconstruction and Ruin, 1873–1882
Chapter 8: Conclusion: The Bowl of Rose Leaves
Appendix: Tax Records Quoted in Chapter 3
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Names