The Children of Lincoln: White Paternalism and the Limits of Black Opportunity in Minnesota, 1860-1876

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction. “We Have Done Our Part”
Part I. The Unforgiving Radical: Morton S. Wilkinson, 1860–1863
	1. The Candidate
	2. In Defense of the Union
	3. The Indian’s Guardian
	4. A Wild Panic Prevails
	5. Lincoln’s Decision
	6. Pike Island
Part II. An Officer and a Gentleman: Thomas Montgomery, 1863–1867
	7. The First Lieutenant Takes Command
	8. Lizzie and the Troubles
	9. Freedom
	10. Masonic Ties
	11. Going Home
Part III. The Man on the Seal: Morton S. Wilkinson, 1865–1869
	12. By Chicanery and Deception of a Few Politicians
	13. Willey’s Amendment
	14. A Lesson in Leadership
	15. “Good Night”
Part IV. The Man in the Shadows: Daniel D. Merrill, 1864–1871
	16. “Ole Shady”
	17. Called to Serve
	18. A Church Is Born and a Pastor Is Found
	19. Under His Steady Hand
	20. To Be in God’s Favor
	21. Of Other Baptist Interests
Part V. The Buried Citizen: Sarah Burger Stearns, 1866–1875
	22. Celebration, 1875
	23. Standing Alone in Minnesota
	24. The Lesson of Kansas
	25. The Tibbetts Petition
	26. Married Women’s Rights and the “King of Manomin”
	27. Veto!
	28. Back to Work
Part VI. The Changed Man: Morton S. Wilkinson, 1869–1876
	29. A Curious Vote
	30. Where the Liberals Went
	31. His Unclassifiable Head
	32. A Republican with Unchanged Views
	33. The Force Law
	34. Sine Die
Epilogue. The Children of Lincoln
Notes
Index