Table of contents : Contents Introduction: People of Spirit CHAPTER ONE. Visionaries CHAPTER TWO. The Bottom Rail CHAPTER THREE. The Noble Spirit CHAPTER FOUR. A Little Colony of Mississippians CHAPTER FIVE. Broken Promises CHAPTER SIX. Those Who Stayed CHAPTER SEVEN. Reliance CHAPTER EIGHT. Community Children CHAPTER NINE. Salvation CHAPTER TEN. A Rising CHAPTER ELEVEN. Crying in the Wilderness CHAPTER TWELVE. When the Movement Came Conclusion: Changes Archival Abbreviations Notes Acknowledgments Index