Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; A Note on Usage; Introduction; Ambivalent Abolitionism A Sampling of Narratives; Sociopolitical and Artistic Dimensions of Abolitionist Tales; Personal and Institutional Dimensions; Children's Fiction A Sampling; The Social/Political Context; Literary Lives; Postwar Institutions; Literary Methods and Conventions; Conclusion The ~Lost Cause~ Wins; Bibliography Works for the Young; Other Sources; Index.