Contents -- I: Slavery -- 1 The Impact of the American Revolution on the Black Population -- 2 The Domestication of Domestic Slavery -- 3 Childhood in Bondage -- 4 The Old Allegiance -- II: Freedom -- 5 Masters without Slaves -- 6 Blacks without Masters: Protagonists and Issue -- III: Reviews of a Generation's Views -- 7 An American Family -- 8 Killing for Freedom -- 9 Off the Plantation -- 10 What We Didn't Know about Slavery -- 11 The New Slave Studies: An Old Reaction or a New Maturity? -- IV: Views on the Sources -- 12 An Analytical View of the Documentary Sources -- 13 A Bibliographical Introduction to the Sources -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.