Contents

Unlocking a Mystery
1864 Well-Concealed Door 

EARLIEST INFLUENCES
Preliminary Operations — 1790s–1800s
Before Birth — Up to 1821
Naming the Baby — 1822
Premeditated Silence
Antislavery Publishing — 1824–26

CHARACTERS AND CONFLICTS

Seeds Spread, Storms Gather — 1830
Unwanted Attention — 1831
Conflict at Home — 1832
Seminary Explosion — 1834
Rising Danger — 1835–37 

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

Boarding in Kentucky — 1836–37
Ruptured Line — 1838
Antislavery Juggernaut — 1838–39
Underground Railroad Relationships

AFTERWARDS & OTHERWISE

Jesse’s Expanding Enterprises
West Point & Third Party Politics — 1840
Intervening Decades — 1842 -1862
Ulysses’ Unique Strengths
Appendix & Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Maps, Photographs & Illustrations

Index & Notes