Slaves Without Masters: The Free Negro in the Antebellum SouthDescribes the lives and socio-cultural patterns of free blacks in antebellum South and their interaction with whites as determined largely by white attitudes, institutions, and patterns of thought. |
Contents
Prologue Freemen and Slaves | 3 |
PART ONE THE EMERGENCE OF THE FREE NEGRO CASTE 17751812 | 10 |
The Origins of the Free Negro Caste | 15 |
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