CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS iv
3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS vi
4. Preface viii
5. Introduction. Chosen Pasts 1
6. Chapter 1. “Useful Liberty”: Genealogies of English Liberty, the Norman Yoke, and the Anglo-Saxons 23
7. Chapter 2. “Confined to Complexion”: Histories of Unfreedom and Granville Sharp’s Anglo-Saxonist Abolitionism 55
8. Chapter 3. Temporal Bonds: The Kembles’ Anglo-Saxon Family Ties and the Problem of Slavery 87
9. Chapter 4. White Possessions and the “Negro Yoke”: Proximity, Distance, and Communities of Memory at the Butler Plantations 121
10. Afterword. Intimate Histories: Journeys, Names, Ruins 165
11. Bibliography 175
12. Index 201