Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Introduction: How a Slave Was Made a Man 1
4. Part I
5. Chapter 1. Contracting Guilt: Mixed Character, Civil Slavery, and the Social Compact 51
6. Chapter 2. Black Catalogues: Crime, Print, and the Rise of the Black Self 87
7. Part II
8. Chapter 3. The Ignominious Cord: Crime, Counterfactuals, and the New Black Politics 119
9. Chapter 4. The Work of Death: Time, Crime, and Personhood in Jacksonian America 164
10. Chapter 5. How Freeman Was Made a Madman: Race, Capacity, and Citizenship 206
11. Chapter 6. Who Aint a Slaver? Citizenship, Piracy, and Slaver Narratives 252
12. Conclusion 295
13. Notes 313
14. Bibliography 381
15. Index 433
16. Acknowledgments 443