Freedom in a Slave Society: Stories from the Antebellum South

ISBN: 9781107670655 出版年：2012 页码：344 Johanna Nicol Shields Cambridge University Press

1. Regarding a 'weird utopia' Part I. The Origins of Individual Freedom: 2. Self-making in southwestern towns 3. The domestic foundations of self-determination 4. The voluntary bonds of friendship Part II. Writing Freedom, with Slaves: 5. Southwestern histories for a divided market 6. Slave characters and the problem of human nature Part III. The Crisis of the Rising South: 7. Slavery and political trust 8. Self-determination and slavery in conflict.