Peter P. Hinks is the author of To Awaken My Afflicted Brethren: David Walker and the Problem of Antebellum Slave Resistance. He has worked extensively as a public historian, editor, and teacher. Stephen Kantrowitz is Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin¿Madison. He is the author of More Than Freedom: Fighting for Black Citizenship in a White Republic, 1829¿1889 and Ben Tillman and the Reconstruction of White Supremacy. Leslie A. Lewis is 66th Grand Master of Masons, of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Jurisdiction of Massachusetts.