"One rarely sees a body of documentation as richly varied in important themes. This is a cross-disciplinary treasure, especially since so many of Child's concerns foreshadowed issues now central to our time."--Sterling Stuckey, University of California, Riverside

Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
Suggestions for Classroom Use and Explanation of Editorial Policy	p. 20
The Indian Question
The Church in the Wilderness	p. 31
Willie Wharton	p. 47
An Appeal for the Indians	p. 79
Children's Literature and Domestic Advice
Louisa Preston	p. 101
Extracts from Management during the Teens	p. 112
Letter from an Old Woman, on Her Birthday	p. 123
Education of Children	p. 129
Slavery, Race, and Reconstruction
Jumbo and Zairee	p. 153
Prejudices against People of Color, and Our Duties in Relation to This Subject	p. 160
The Black Saxons	p. 182
To Abolitionists	p. 192
Annette Gray	p. 200
Letter from New-York, Number 12	p. 209
The Iron Shroud	p. 216
Talk about Political Party	p. 223
Letters from New-York, Number 33	p. 230
Slavery's Pleasant Homes. A Faithful Sketch	p. 238
Reply of Mrs. Child [to Mrs. Mason]	p. 243
Mrs. L. Maria Child to the President of the United States	p. 254
Emancipation and Amalgamation	p. 262
A Tribute to Col. Robert G. Shaw	p. 267
Advice from an Old Friend	p. 273
Through the Red Sea into the Wilderness	p. 279
Homesteads	p. 284
William Lloyd Garrison	p. 288
Journalism and Social Critique
Letters from New York, Number 1	p. 302
Letters from New York, Number 11	p. 306
Letters from New York, Number 14	p. 314
Letters from New York, Number 29	p. 319
A High-Flying Letter	p. 328
Sexuality and the Woman Question
Extracts from African Women	p. 343
Speaking in the Church	p. 354
Letters from New York, Number 34	p. 358
Uncollected Letter from New-York	p. 365
Hilda Silfverling. A Fantasy	p. 374
Woman and Suffrage	p. 396
Extracts from Concerning Women	p. 402
Women and the Freedmen	p. 409
Religion
The Intermingling of Religions	p. 419
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 435
Index	p. 445
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