Contents
Foreword. German Immigrants, Slavery, and Race: Reflections on the Missouri Experience | Gary R. Kremer
Preface | Sydney J. Norton
Chapter 1. Missouri German Abolitionists: An Introduction | Sydney J. Norton
Chapter 2. A History of African Americans in Missouri and the Resonance of German Antislavery Activism | John Wright Jr. and John Wright Sr.
Chapter 3. Friedrich Muench, Missouri, and Slavery | Steven Rowan
Chapter 4. Voices against Slavery: The Editors of Hermann’s Newspapers | Cynthia Browne
Chapter 5. Arnold Krekel: A Republican for Immigrant Rights and Racial Equality | Walter D. Kamphoefner
Chapter 6. Henry Boernstein and the Abolition of Slavery: A Wild Ride | Steven Rowan
Chapter 7. Nationalism, Political Activism, and Abolitionism in Missouri Turner Societies | Sydney J. Norton
Chapter 8. The Missouri Forty-Eighters and Friedrich Hecker | Manuela Engstler
Chapter 9. Evolving toward Abolition: German Attitudes toward the Fugitive Slave and Kansas-Nebraska Acts | Kristen Layne Anderson
Chapter 10. German Abolitionists’ Story Inspires Reconciliation and Builds Community in Missouri | Cecilia A. Nadal
Contributors
Index