Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. The First Hurrah
2. A Compromise Candidate Goes to Washington
3. The Youngest Radical on the Floor
4. Man's Right to the Soil
5. Free Soil and Free Land
6. Becoming a Black Republican
7. Leader of the Opposition
8. Holding the Line on Kansas
9. "First Blow for Freedom"
10. "Free Homes for Free Men"
11. Triumph and Defeat
12. The Search for a Constituency
13. The Warrior Returns
14. Congressman-at-Large: The Last Hurrah
Appendixes
Notes
Bibliography
Index