• Preface
• Introduction
• Blazing the Trail
• Thorny is the Pathway
• Fugitives in Flight •The Captives of the Amistad
• A House Divided
• “This Pretended Law We Cannot Obey”
• New Haven, Gateway from the Sea
• West Haven Trunk Lines
• East Connecticut Locals
• Valley Line to Hartford
• Middletown, a Way Station
• Farmington, the Grand Central Station
• The Road in Full Swing * Appendices
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
