| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Beginnings of American Slavery | 1 |
| II. | Early Legislation against the Slave Traffic | 19 |
| III. | Illegal Traffic in Slaves | 49 |
| IV. | Preparations for “Clotilde’s” Voyage | 65 |
| V. | The Capture of the Tarkars | 74 |
| VI. | Voyage of the “Clotilde” | 84 |
| VII. | The Return | 92 |
| VIII. | The Tarkars at Dabney’s Plantation | 98 |
| IX. | Tarkar Life in America | 103 |
| X. | Impressions of Alabama in 1846[1] | 129 |