Contextual Essays: Early Conquest, Colonialism, and the Origins of African Slavery
Early American Slavery in the Colonies and the Hardening of Racial Distinctions
Revolutionary Ideology, Citizenship, and Slavery
The End of the Slave Trade and the Rise of Abolitionism
The Rise of "King Cotton" and the Economics of Slavery
Slavery, Paternalism and Antebellum Southern Culture
African American Culture and Strategies for Survival
Slavery and the Growth of Sectional Conflict
The Coming of the War and Emancipation
Reconstruction: Are Liberty and Justice for All?