Half Slave and Half Free : The Roots of Civil War

Preface to the Revised Edition ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: Freedom, Slavery, and the Legacy of the American Revolution 3(14) ``Our Laborers Are Our Property'': The Southern Slave Economy 17(29) ``Each Person Works for Himself'': The Ideal and Reality of Free Labor 46(25) ``A Complete Revolution in Social Life'': Cultural Change in the Antebellum North 71(24) ``The Anointed Lords of Creation'': Culture and Society in the Antebellum South 95(26) ``Called by the Same Name'': The Many Meanings of Liberty 121(24) To ``Fight Against the Serpent'': Antislavery and Its Early Progress 145(15) ``A Firebell in the Night'': The Struggle Escalates 160(17) ``Keep It Within Limits'': Western Lands and Free Soil 177(22) ``Anti Nebraska Feeling Is Too Deep'': Origins and Triumph of Republicanism 199(26) ``The Inexorable Logic of Events'': Secession, War, and Emancipation 225(18) Afterword: On Popular Mobilization in the Civil War Era 243(14) New Bibliographical Essay 257(56) Index 313