The story of a settlement established by Rev. William King, a former slave owner who became an abolitionist, to create a safe haven for freed slaves.

1. Slavery -- 2. That all may become free, emancipation -- 3. Among friends, arrival of Black settlers to Oxford County -- 4. The effect of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act, Ingersoll -- 5. International stories with an Oxford County connection / John Brown and Ingersoll, Samuel Green -- 6. Blacks of Woodstock -- 7. Blacks in Oxford townships -- 8. More Oxford County families -- 9. Standing tall on the shoulders of their ancestors -- Appendix: Census findings 1850-1901 of Black families in Oxford County, by township.