Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I Peace Slips Away
1 The Corning Storm 5
2 Slave Days 13
3 The Inner Circle 20
4 Slavers 28
5 Secession 39
6 Waiting for War 49
7 An End to Peace 55
8 Divided Loyalties 62
9 A Tightening Grip 68
Part II Occupation, Epidemic, Emancipation
10 Invasion 77
11 Smallpox 83
12 "Bereaved Hearts and Desolate Homes" 89
13 Feud 98
14 Blockade 108
15 Freedom 115
16 Swept Away 121
17 Changing of the Guard 128
18 Schemers and Dreamers 134
Part III Brave Black Soldiers on a Hostile Island
19 "Soger Men" 149
20 The Road to Key West 156
21 On Trial 166
22 Calamity 173
23 Horror on Land and Sea 181
24 Doctor Holder's Brainstorm 187
25 And Death Marched On 195
26 Trial by Fire 201
27 Assassination 213
28 Visitors Esteemed and Notorious 216
29 White Man's War, White Man's Peace 224
Acknowledgments 235
Notes 239
Selected Bibliography 281
Index 297
About the Author 307