Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Abbreviations ix
4. INTRODUCTION. With One Little Blast of Their Mouths: Speech, Humanity, and Slavery 1
5. ONE. On Our Bare Word: Oath Taking, Evidence Giving, and the Law 35
6. TWO. The Deliberative Voice: Politics, Speech, and Liberty 69
7. THREE. Master, I Can Cure You: Talking Plants in the Sugar Islands 109
8. FOUR. They Must Be Talked to One to One: Speaking with the Spirits 143
9. FIVE. They Talk about Free: Abolition, Freedom, and the Politics of Speech 189
10. Last Words 231
11. Acknowledgments 245
12. Notes 249
13. Index 297