1775-1865

Imagines the childhood and youth of "Prosser's Gabriel," a courageous and intelligent blacksmith in post-Revolutionary Richmond, Virginia, who roused thousands of African-American slaves like himself to rebel.

Contains topically arranged entries that provide insight into daily life during the American Civil War, discussing the soldier's life, family and community, religion, and popular culture, and provides primary source documents. Includes a chronology, photographs, illustrations, a glossary, and an index.

A biography of James Henry Hammond, one-time governor of South Carolina, discussing his ambition to conquer pre-Civil War society, his money-making farm management techniques, his political career, and his dedication to preserving the southern way of life.

In 1851, thirteen-year-old Cecilia has her eyes opened to the horrors of slavery when she accompanies her ornithologist uncle on an expedition in search of the rare "Scarlet Ibis," and watches as he shows slaves the way to the Underground Railroad.

Three Southern children, two black and one white, escape from their homes during the horrors of the Civil War and, after meeting in the woods, gradually come to rely on each other as they make their way slowly north.