Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Prologue: Making Slavery, Making Race 1
4. I. SOCIETIES WITH SLAVES: The Charter Generations
5. Introduction 15
6. 1. Emergence of Atlantic Creoles in the Chesapeake 29
7. 2. Expansion of Creole Society in the North 47
8. 3. Divergent Paths in the Lowcountry 64
9. 4. Devolution in the Lower Mississippi Valley 77
10. II. SLAVE SOCIETIES: The Plantation Generations
11. Introduction 93
12. 5. The Tobacco Revolution in the Chesapeake 109
13. 6. The Rice Revolution in the Lowcountry 142
14. 7. Growth and the Transformation of Black Life in the North 177
15. 8. Stagnation and Transformation in the Lower Mississippi Valley 195
16. III. SLAVE AND FREE: The Revolutionary Generations
17. Introduction 217
18. 9. The Slow Death of Slavery in the North 228
19. 10. The Union of African-American Society in the Upper South 256
20. 11. Fragmentation in the Lower South 290
21. 12. Slavery and Freedom in the Lower Mississippi Valley 325
22. Epilogue: Making Race, Making Slavery 358
23. Tables 369
24. Abbreviations 376
25. Notes 379
26. Acknowledgments 486
27. Index 490