A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, A Colored Man

1 - Early Life in Virginia -- Example of Pious Parents

2 - Apprenticed to the Shoe-making -- Learns housework -- Intemperance -- A negro can't be trusted -- Learning How to Write and Cipher

3 - Religious Experience -- Conviction and Conversion

4 - Marriage -- License to Preach -- Purchase of Freedom -- Call to Baltimore

5 - Experience in Baltimore -- Education -- Purchase of a Wife and two Children -- Great Distress of Mind -- Generous Assistance -- Church Matters

6 - A New Movement in Baltimore -- Erection of a Meeting House for the African Baptist Church -- Heavy Indebtedness -- Account of the Enterprise

7 - Account of a Visit to the northern Cities -- True Friends

8 - Conclusion -- Object of this Book -- Sermon