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Chapter 3. The Peculiar Institution of Debt Peonage

© 2017 University of Pennsylvania Press, 3905 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112

© 2017 University of Pennsylvania Press, 3905 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Prologue 1
  4. Introduction 15
  5. Chapter 1. Debating Southwestern Slavery in the Halls of Congress 23
  6. Chapter 2. Indian Slavery Meets American Sovereignty 57
  7. Chapter 3. The Peculiar Institution of Debt Peonage 88
  8. Chapter 4. Slave Codes and Sectional Favor 112
  9. Chapter 5. Reconstruction and the Unraveling of Alternative Slaveries 142
  10. Conclusion 170
  11. Notes 181
  12. Bibliography 235
  13. Index 257
  14. Acknowledgments 265
Borderlands of Slavery
This chapter is in the book Borderlands of Slavery
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812294101-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Prologue 1
  4. Introduction 15
  5. Chapter 1. Debating Southwestern Slavery in the Halls of Congress 23
  6. Chapter 2. Indian Slavery Meets American Sovereignty 57
  7. Chapter 3. The Peculiar Institution of Debt Peonage 88
  8. Chapter 4. Slave Codes and Sectional Favor 112
  9. Chapter 5. Reconstruction and the Unraveling of Alternative Slaveries 142
  10. Conclusion 170
  11. Notes 181
  12. Bibliography 235
  13. Index 257
  14. Acknowledgments 265
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