Seizing freedom: slave emancipation and liberty for all

Introduction: plotting Jubilee

Turning a world upside down: the general strike of the slaves, Jubilee, and the making of a revolutionary Civil War

Emancipation from whiteness: witnessing disability and Jubilee

After the impossible: eight hours, Black labor, women's suffrage, and freedom for all

Falling apart: the first Rainbow Coalition and the waning of revolutionary time

Afterword: dreams deferred: social tragedies and hidden histories in the longer run.