"C.J. Peters & Son, Typesetters and Electrotypers"--Title page verso.
Within the lines -- Origin of the name Contraband -- Trip on government steamer Arago -- First school-days -- School-days -- My parish -- Whitney School -- The first winter -- Housekeeping -- Writing letters -- The marriage ceremony -- Evacuation of Savannah -- Jack Flower's straw boat -- Jimmie -- Disbanding the troops -- Emancipation jubilee -- Refugees return home -- Storm at sea -- Hard times -- No longer contrabands -- Thanksgiving -- Speculators -- Reconstruction -- Progress