Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter ii
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Key Individuals xiii
5. Map Of Columbia, South Carolina, 1850 xix
6. Preface xxi
7. Part One
8. 1. Introduction: Discovery 5
9. 2. A Dam’d Poor Town 25
10. 3. Cotton 38
11. 4. Transformation 52
12. 5. Humbug 69
13. 6. The Big Fish 91
14. 7. Truth Before All 113
15. Part Two
16. 8. Storm, Blood, And Fire 135
17. 9. A Positive Good 157
18. 10. Niggerology 176
19. 11. Opposite Views 195
20. 12. Investigations 215
21. 13. Evidence 232
22. 14. Scientific Moonshine 253
23. 15. Epilogue: Revolution 272
24. Notes 295
25. Bibliographic Note 335
26. Illustration Credits 337
27. Acknowledgments 341
28. Index 345