Before September 22, 1862 -- Toward emancipation -- Messages and measures -- A new departure -- Movement -- The hundred days -- Judgments -- The reactions of scholars and soldiers -- Intervention and election fever -- We cannot escape history -- Standing firm -- January 1, 1863 and beyond -- Jubilee -- Men of color, to arms -- It can not be retracted -- Emancipation triumphant -- Epilogue: April 4, 1865