
Notes for the Modern Reader
Preface
Noteworthy Dates
Chapter One
A Man of Mysteries
Chapter Two
The Morocco Connection
Chapter Three
Terrorism in the Caribbean
Chapter Four
Esteban Arrives at Hispaniola
Chapter Five
Early Indian Resistance
Chapter Six
A Disastrous Beginning
Chapter Seven
Invasion of Florida
Chapter Eight
The Quest for Gold
Chapter Nine
Arrows Penetrating “Good Armor”
Chapter Ten
Fleeing in Rickety Boats
Chapter Eleven
Spaniards Also Forced into Slavery
Chapter Twelve
Faith Healing and Proselytizing
Chapter Thirteen
Esteban’s Rise and Fall
Chapter Fourteen
Return to Slavery, But an Indispensable Man
Chapter Fifteen
An African in Arizona and New Mexico
Chapter Sixteen
A Mysterious Fate
Chapter Seventeen
Death? Or Freedom?
Chapter Eighteen
The Durability of Myth
Chapter Nineteen
Inhumane Bondage and Historical Context
Chapter Twenty
What Isn’t Known about Esteban
Appendix
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Acknowledgments
Bibliography