Kellie Carter Jackson teaches in the Africana Studies Department at Wellesley College. She is coeditor of Reconsidering Roots: Race, Politics, and Memory.

Introduction. The Philosophy of Force
Chapter 1. Forcing Freedom: The Limits of Moral Suasion
Chapter 2. Fight, Flight, and Fugitives: The Fugitive Slave Law and Violence
Chapter 3. From Prayers to Pistols: The Struggle for Progress
Chapter 4. Black Leadership: The Silenced Partners of Harpers Ferry
Chapter 5. A Carbonari Wanted: Violence, Emigration, and the Eve of the Civil War
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments

Kellie Carter Jackson is the Knafel Assistant Professor of the Humanities at Wellesley College. She is coeditor of Reconsidering Roots: Race, Politics, and Memory.