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- Freedom in a Slave SocietyStories from the Antebellum South
- Series page
- Freedom in a Slave Society
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Regarding a “Weird Utopia”
- Part One The Social Origins of Individual Freedom
- Part Two Writing Freedom, with Slaves
- 5 Southwestern Histories for a Divided Market
- 6 Slave Characters and the Problem of Human Nature
- Part Three The Crisis of the Rising South
- Index
5 - Southwestern Histories for a Divided Market
from Part Two - Writing Freedom, with Slaves
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2012
- Freedom in a Slave SocietyStories from the Antebellum South
- Series page
- Freedom in a Slave Society
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Regarding a “Weird Utopia”
- Part One The Social Origins of Individual Freedom
- Part Two Writing Freedom, with Slaves
- 5 Southwestern Histories for a Divided Market
- 6 Slave Characters and the Problem of Human Nature
- Part Three The Crisis of the Rising South
- Index
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- Freedom in a Slave SocietyStories from the Antebellum South, pp. 133 - 172Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012