Pt. I. Alleviations -- Good mistresses and masters -- Mixed-race ancestry and long-term relationships -- Cities and industry -- Pt. II. Offenses -- Family disruption -- Physical abuse -- Regimentation -- Contempt -- Deprivation -- Pt. III. Responses -- Religion -- Dissidence -- Families -- The Black community -- Self-development -- Pt. IV. Retrospect -- Oppression and self-determination