Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS vii
4. PREFACE xiii
5. ABBREVIATIONS xv
6. INTRODUCTION: SLAVERY IN NORTH AMERICA 1
7. 1 THE ORIGINS OF NORTH AMERICAN SLAVERY 23
8. 2 SLAVERY IN COLONIAL NORTH AMERICA 51
9. 3 SLAVERY AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 103
10. 4 SLAVERY AND THE FOUNDING FATHERS 133
11. 5 SLAVE LIFE AND WORK 167
12. 6 THE BUSINESS OF SLAVERY 205
13. 7 SLAVERY AND THE LAW 239
14. 8 SLAVE RESISTANCE 275
15. 9 PLANTERS AND PROSLAVERY 315
16. 10 THE ANTISLAVERY STRUGGLE 349
17. 11 SLAVERY AND POLITICS 377
18. 12 EMANCIPATION AND THE CIVIL WAR 415
19. COPYRIGHT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 447
20. INDEX 451