The upper South's travail. Owning slaves, disowning slavery ; Rebellion and reaction
The lower South's embrace of slavery. Opening the slave trade ; Extending slavery
Paternalism rising. Paternalism emerges ; Paternalism contested
Paternalism in crisis. The scare ; Analyzing the scare ; Reacting to the scare
Words and deeds. Discourses of colonization ; Rumors and insurrection
The upper South debates slavery and colonization ; Tennessee debates slavery ; Ending free Black suffrage in North Carolina
Reaction in the lower South
Abolition poison and Southern antidotes
The ideological reconfiguration of slavery in the lower South.
