Cover -- Half-title page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: An Abolitionist Vision -- 1 The Contract Controversy -- 2 Wreck and Ruin -- 3 By Force It Was Destroyed -- 4 Confederate Reckonings -- 5 Life after the Death of Slavery -- 6 Back into the Days of Slavery -- 7 The Grave Question -- 8 Final Failure -- Epilogue: An Abolitionist Revision -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
Reveals that slavery has remained embedded in private law well after its ostensible demise
