Introduction. Facts are sometimes stranger than fiction
To save the godless West: revivalism, abolition, and the founding of Oberlin
The worthies of Oberlin: antislavery expansion in the late 1830s
A city upon a hill: utopian Oberlin
A hotbed of abolitionism
All the truly wise or truly pious have the same end in view: Oberlin and abolitionist schism
The tyrant's grapple by our vote, we'll loosen from our brother's throat: Oberlin, free soil, and the fight for equal rights
We must watch and improve this tide: Oberlin confronts the slave power, 1850-1858
That railroad center at which all branches converged: Oberlin and the underground railroad
This drama of genuine manhood and courage: Oberlin and the fight for freedom
Epilogue. Be not conformed to this world.