Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. contents vii
3. acknowledgments ix
4. a note on terminology xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. chapter one War’s Crucible 24
7. chapter two A Narrow Window 58
8. chapter three Gunboat Regulation in Atlantic Africa 89
9. chapter four Compulsory Labor 108
10. chapter five Insurgent Abolition 137
11. chapter six The Rupture of Property Rights 166
12. chapter seven The Bonds of Freedom 200
13. Conclusion 228
14. notes 239
15. index 303