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Chapter four. Turning People into Products

Walter Johnson

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Introduction: A Person with a Price 1
Chapter one. The Chattel Principle 19
Chapter two. Between the Prices 45
Chapter three. Making a World Out of Slaves 78
Chapter four. Turning People into Products 117
Chapter five. Reading Bodies and Marking Race 135
Chapter six. Acts of Sale 162
Chapter seven. Life in the Shadow of the Slave Market 189
Epilogue. Southern History and the Slave Trade 214
Abbreviations 222
Notes 223
Acknowledgments 275
Index 277

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Introduction: A Person with a Price 1
Chapter one. The Chattel Principle 19
Chapter two. Between the Prices 45
Chapter three. Making a World Out of Slaves 78
Chapter four. Turning People into Products 117
Chapter five. Reading Bodies and Marking Race 135
Chapter six. Acts of Sale 162
Chapter seven. Life in the Shadow of the Slave Market 189
Epilogue. Southern History and the Slave Trade 214
Abbreviations 222
Notes 223
Acknowledgments 275
Index 277

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