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Preface. Creatures of Silence

© 2020 University of Pennsylvania Press, 3905 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112

© 2020 University of Pennsylvania Press, 3905 Spruce Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Publisher’s Note ix
  4. Preface. Creatures of Silence xi
  5. Introduction. Surrounded by Mirrors 1
  6. Chapter 1. Never So Drunk with New-Born Liberty 29
  7. Chapter 2. “Our” Aborigines 65
  8. Chapter 3. The Problem of Slavery 101
  9. Chapter 4. Conquest and Reconquest 137
  10. Chapter 5. An Even More Peculiar Institution 175
  11. Epilogue. 1861 and After 213
  12. Notes 219
  13. Index 273
  14. Acknowledgments 285
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Publisher’s Note ix
  4. Preface. Creatures of Silence xi
  5. Introduction. Surrounded by Mirrors 1
  6. Chapter 1. Never So Drunk with New-Born Liberty 29
  7. Chapter 2. “Our” Aborigines 65
  8. Chapter 3. The Problem of Slavery 101
  9. Chapter 4. Conquest and Reconquest 137
  10. Chapter 5. An Even More Peculiar Institution 175
  11. Epilogue. 1861 and After 213
  12. Notes 219
  13. Index 273
  14. Acknowledgments 285
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