The Black image in the white mind: the debate on Afro-American character and destiny, 1817-1914. --

Prejudice And Reformism: The Colonization Idea And The Abolitionist Response, 1817-1840 -- Slavery And Race: The Southern Dilemma -- Science, Polygenesis, And The Proslavery Argument -- Uncle Tom And The Anglo-saxons: Romantic Racialism In The North -- White Nationalism: Free Soil And The Ideal Of Racial Homogeneity -- Race And Reconstruction -- The New South And The New Paternalism, 1877-1890 -- The Vanishing Negro: Darwinism And The Conflict Of The Races -- The Negro As Beast: Southern Negrophobia At The Turn Of The Century -- Accommodationist Racism And The Progressive Mentality -- Conclusion And Epilogue. George M. Fredrickson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Frontmatter Acknowledgments (page ix) Preface (page xi) Chapter One Prejudice and Reformism: The Colonization Idea and the Abolitionist Response, 1817-1840 (page 1) Chapter Two Slavery and Race: The Southern Dilemma (page 43) Chapter Three Science, Polygenesis, and the Proslavery Argument (page 71) Chapter Four Uncle Tom and the Anglo-Saxons: Romantic Racialism in the North (page 97) Chapter Five White Nationalism: "Free Soil" and the Ideal of Racial Homogeneity (page 130) Chapter Six Race and Reconstruction (page 165) Chapter Seven The New South and the New Paternalism, 1877-1890 (page 198) Chapter Eight The Vanishing Negro: Darwinism and the Conflict of the Races (page 228) Chapter Nine The Negro as Beast: Southern Negrophobia at the Turn of the Century (page 256) Chapter Ten Accommodationist Racism and the Progressive Mentality (page 283) Chapter Eleven Conclusion and Epilogue (page 320) Index (page 333)