America's first Black town: Brooklyn, Illinois, 1830-1915

Preface

Introduction: "founded by chance, sustained by courage"

From separate settlement to biracial town: Blacks in Brooklyn, Illinois, 1830-60

Uncovering Brooklyn's African American population, 1850-70

From outlaws to lawmakers, 1870-85

Mobilizing the race: John L. Evans, decolonization, and consolidation of Black political power, 1886-1906

Proletarianization, dependency, and underdevelopment, 1890-1910

The Black municipality and the white colonial county, 1898-1915

Conclusion

Notes

Index.