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- Freedom in a Slave SocietyStories from the Antebellum South
- Series page
- Freedom in a Slave Society
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Regarding a “Weird Utopia”
- Part One The Social Origins of Individual Freedom
- 2 Self-Making in Southwestern Towns
- 3 The Domestic Foundations of Self-Determination
- 4 The Voluntary Bonds of Friendship
- Part Two Writing Freedom, with Slaves
- Part Three The Crisis of the Rising South
- Index
2 - Self-Making in Southwestern Towns
from Part One - The Social Origins of Individual Freedom
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2012
- Freedom in a Slave SocietyStories from the Antebellum South
- Series page
- Freedom in a Slave Society
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Regarding a “Weird Utopia”
- Part One The Social Origins of Individual Freedom
- 2 Self-Making in Southwestern Towns
- 3 The Domestic Foundations of Self-Determination
- 4 The Voluntary Bonds of Friendship
- Part Two Writing Freedom, with Slaves
- Part Three The Crisis of the Rising South
- Index
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- Freedom in a Slave SocietyStories from the Antebellum South, pp. 25 - 60Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012