Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Language -- Introduction -- 1. "I Ain't No Slave" -- 2. "We Will All Be Free" -- 3. "To Own Oneself Is to Own One's Future" -- 4. "We Claim the Right of Suffrage" -- 5. "Send a Colored Man" -- 6. "Without Distinction of Color" -- 7. "I Am Constantly Busy" -- 8. "To Take Our Place in the Business World" -- Epilogue -- Afterword -- Appendix -- Notes on Sources -- Notes -- Index