"Manuscripts consulted, and their locations": pages 431-436 Bibliographical footnotes.
Contents
The setting -- From day clean to first dark -- A troublesome property -- To make them stand in fear -- Chattels personal -- Slavemongering -- Maintenance, morbidity, mortality -- Between two cultures -- Profit and loss -- He who has endured.
Summary
"Prior to the Civil War southern slavery was America's most profound and vexatious social problem. More than any other problem, slavery nagged at the public conscience; offering no easy solution, it demanded statesmanship of uncommon vision, wisdom, and boldness. This institution deserves close study if only because its impact upon the whole country was so disastrous"--Preface.
