Prologue : her voice can be heard
Inquiry and epiphany
Born in slavery : the master, the mistress, and their chattel
The Berkeleyes : a slave named Harriet Bishop, and her daughter, Sarah
Slavery's chain done broke at last
Colorado and the promise of freedom
From Denver's bottoms to P.T. Barnum's town
Education, politics and leisure
The frontier in our souls
School, community, and love lost
A fly in the buttermilk : Colorado and the world of higher education
"Goin' to Kansas City" : education and baseball
It's Mister Jones, if you please!
Chicago, take two
"Lincoln was a Republican, that's all I need to know!"
Coming home and going home
Epilogue: the end of the living line.