Skip to main content
Presented to you through Paradigm Publishing Services

Harvard University Press

Visit our Partner Page See all our books
Chapter
Licensed
Unlicensed Requires Authentication

Chapter seven. Life in the Shadow of the Slave Market

© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction: A Person with a Price 1
  4. Chapter one. The Chattel Principle 19
  5. Chapter two. Between the Prices 45
  6. Chapter three. Making a World Out of Slaves 78
  7. Chapter four. Turning People into Products 117
  8. Chapter five. Reading Bodies and Marking Race 135
  9. Chapter six. Acts of Sale 162
  10. Chapter seven. Life in the Shadow of the Slave Market 189
  11. Epilogue. Southern History and the Slave Trade 214
  12. Abbreviations 222
  13. Notes 223
  14. Acknowledgments 275
  15. Index 277
Soul by Soul
This chapter is in the book Soul by Soul
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674039155-008

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction: A Person with a Price 1
  4. Chapter one. The Chattel Principle 19
  5. Chapter two. Between the Prices 45
  6. Chapter three. Making a World Out of Slaves 78
  7. Chapter four. Turning People into Products 117
  8. Chapter five. Reading Bodies and Marking Race 135
  9. Chapter six. Acts of Sale 162
  10. Chapter seven. Life in the Shadow of the Slave Market 189
  11. Epilogue. Southern History and the Slave Trade 214
  12. Abbreviations 222
  13. Notes 223
  14. Acknowledgments 275
  15. Index 277
Downloaded on 30.4.2026 from https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.4159/9780674039155-008/html?lang=en
Scroll to top button