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"This exciting interdisciplinary volume, featuring contributions from a group of leading international scholars, reflects on the long history of representations of transatlantic slaves and slavery, encompassing a broad chronological range, from the eighteenth century to the present day"--Provided by publisher

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- DEDICATION -- PREFACE -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- I-"THE ONE THING NEEDFUL" -- II-THE SLAVE AND COLONIAL LAW -- III-SLAVEHOLDING IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY -- IV-THE EXPANSION OF THE SLAVE REGIME -- V-TYPES OF PLANTATIONS -- VI-PLANTATION MANAGEMENT: ECONOMIC -- VII-PLANTATION MANAGEMENT: SOCIAL -- VIII-THE ACQUISITION AND HIRE OF SLAVES -- IX-THE ECONOMICS OF THE PLANTATION -- X-THE SLAVE BEFORE THE LAW -- XI-CRIME AND PUNISHMENT -- XII-THE PLANTERS' DEFENSE OF SLAVERY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- SOURCES-MANUSCRIPT -- A. PUBLIC RECORDS -- B. RECORDS IN PRIVATE POSSESSION -- PRINTED -- A. PUBLIC RECORDS -- B. STATISTICAL COLLECTIONS -- C. SOURCE COLLECTIONS -- D. NEWSPAPERS -- E. PERIODICALS, RECORDS, AND MINUTES -- F. PAMPHLETS -- G. MEMOIRS, REMINISCENCES, AND CONTEMPORARY INTERPRETATIONS -- H. MISCELLANEOUS CONTEMPORARY STUDIES -- SECONDARY AUTHORITIES -- A STATE AND LOCAL HISTORIES -- B. RECENT STUDIES -- C. BIOGRAPHY.