Preface
Introduction: "founded by chance, sustained by courage"
From separate settlement to biracial town: Blacks in Brooklyn, Illinois, 1830-60
Uncovering Brooklyn's African American population, 1850-70
From outlaws to lawmakers, 1870-85
Mobilizing the race: John L. Evans, decolonization, and consolidation of Black political power, 1886-1906
Proletarianization, dependency, and underdevelopment, 1890-1910
The Black municipality and the white colonial county, 1898-1915
Conclusion
Notes
Index.