Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 9
Introduction 13
Part 1 The Attic
Chapter 1 An Incident along the Niagara 21
Chapter 2 Slavery and Freedom in a British Colony 34
Chapter 3 Life in a Safe Harbour 52
Chapter 4 Above the Troubled Fray 69
Part 2 A House Torn Asunder
Chapter 5 "A Trifling Difference of Opinion" 89
Chapter 6 Canadians in Union Blue and Rebel Grey 107
Chapter 7 Skedaddling, Crimping, and Deserting 128
Chapter 8 Buyers, Plotters, and Spies 144
Chapter 9 Raiders, Brigands, and Assassins 162
Part 3 Reconstructing
Chapter 10 The Lure of Niagara 181
Chapter 11 The Ku Klux Connection 200
Chapter 12 Southerners Choose London 222
Chapter 13 An International Incident 241
Chapter 14 Trafficking in Hate 263
Epilogue 281
Notes 289
Selected Bibliography 323
Index 329