I. Hallelujah! Praise the Lord -- II. Citizenship Denied; Justice Compromised -- III. Affluence and Autonomy amid Adversity -- IV. A Middle Ground between Slavery and Freedom -- V. An African-American Social Melting Pot -- VI. Neighbors, but Not Friends -- VII. The Year of Jubilee Has Come -- Appendix A: Population of the City of Savannah by Ward in 1825 -- Appendix B: Population of the City of Savannah by Ward and District in 1848 -- Appendix C: Occupations of Savannah's Free African Americans, 1823 -- Appendix D: Occupations of Free African-American Males, 1860 -- Appendix E: Occupations of Free African-American Women, 1860 -- Appendix F: Black Slaveholders in Savannah, 1823 -- Appendix G: Black-Owned Real Estate Valued at $500 and Above, 1837