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