Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. part one The Planter, the President, and the Political Economist
5. chapter 1 Planting and Profit 21
6. chapter 2 George Washington 43
7. chapter 3 “Without a Servant to Make His Bed” 67
8. part two The Political Economy of the Plantation System
9. chapter 4 Living Labor and Planter Profits 89
10. chapter 5 The Wages of Slavery 108
11. chapter 6 Steal Away 123
12. part three The Making of a Chattel Proletariat
13. chapter 7 Bonded Proletarians 145
14. chapter 8 Life-Making and Enslaved Reproduction 176
15. chapter 9 Cultures of Freedom 194
16. chapter 10 Empires of Capital, Worlds of Revolt 216
17. Concluding Thoughts 245
18. Acknowledgments 249
19. Notes 251
20. Bibliography 297
21. Index 343