Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Introduction: A Faithful Account of Colonial Racial Politics 1
6. One. Belonging to an Empire Race and Rights 21
7. Two. Suspicious Affinities: Loyal Subjectivity and the Paternalist Public 52
8. Three. The Will to Freedom: Spanish Allegiances in the Ten Years’ War 94
9. Four. Publicizing Loyalty: Race and the Post- Zanjón Public Sphere 128
10. Five “Long Live Spain! Death to Autonomy!” Liberalism and Slave Emancipation 158
11. Six. The Price of Integrity: Limited Loyalties in Revolution 187
12. Conclusion: Subject Citizens and the Tragedy of Loyalty 217
13. Notes 227
14. Bibliography 271
15. Index 305