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table of contents
  1. Jay Family Trees
  2. List of African American Individuals in Jay Households
  3. Maps
  4. A Note to the Reader on Language
  5. Prologue
  6. Part One: Slavery and Revolution
    1. 1. Disruptions
    2. 2. Rising Stars
    3. 3. Negotiations
    4. 4. Nation-Building
    5. 5. Mastering Paradox
    6. 6. Sharing the Flame
  7. Part Two: Abolitionism
    1. 7. Joining Forces
    2. 8. A Conservative on the Inside
    3. 9. Breaking Ranks
    4. 10. The Condition of Free People of Color
    5. 11. Soul and Nation
  8. Part Three: Emancipation
    1. 12. Uncompromised
    2. 13. Parting Shots
    3. 14. Civil Wars
    4. 15. Reconstructed
  9. Epilogue
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. Appendix
  12. Notes
  13. Bibliography
  14. Index

The book covers multiple generations of the Jay family, from the seventeenth century to the early twentieth century. The first page of this family tree centers John Jay, charting the Jay family from his grandfather’s immigration to New York through the generation of John and Susan Livingston’s offspring.

FIGURE 0.1.   Jay Family Tree, Part 1: Centering on John Jay, this portion of the tree charts the Jay family from his grandfather’s immigration to New York in the late seventeenth century to John Jay and Susan Livingston’s offspring, born in the late eighteenth century. Courtesy of Beth Wilkerson.

The second half of the chart emphasizes the families of William Jay and his wife Augusta McVickar and that of their son John Jay II and his wife Eleanor Field. The tree descends to encompass writer and reformer John Jay Chapman.

FIGURE 0.2.   Jay Family Tree, Part 2: Emphasizing the nineteenth-century families of William Jay and Augusta McVickar and that of their son John Jay II and Eleanor Field, the tree extends to include writer and reformer John Jay Chapman. Courtesy of Beth Wilkerson.

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