Chapter I. Youth.

Chapter II. Apprenticeship.

Chapter III. Member of Congress.

Chapter IV. The Compromise of 1850.

Chapter V. Results of the Fugitive Slave Law.

Chapter VI. The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise.

Chapter VII. The Brewing Storm.

Chapter VIII. Decline of Popular Sovereignty.

Chapter IX. The Conventions of 1856.

Chapter X. Popular Sovereignty in the Supreme Court.

Chapter XI. Popular Sovereignty in Congress.

Chapter XII. The Lecompton Constitution.

Chapter XIII. The Illinois Campaign.

Chapter XIV. The Debates with Lincoln.

Chapter XV. The Debates with Lincoln Continued.

Chapter XVI. The South Rejects Popular Sovereignty.

Chapter XVII. Seeking Reconciliation.

Chapter XVIII. A Noontide Eclipse.