The problem of slavery in the age of Revolution : 1770-1823

"David Brion Davis's books on the history of slavery reflect some of the most distinguished and influential thinking on the subject to appear in the past generation. The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, the sequel to Davis's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture and the second volume of a proposed trilogy, is a truly monumental work of historical scholarship that first appeared in 1975 to critical acclaim both academic and literary. This reprint of that important work includes a new preface by the author, in which he situates the book's argument within the historiographic debates of the last two decades."--BOOK JACKET. 1. What The Abolitionists Were Up Against : The Problem Of Slavery In Western Culture: The Argument Summarized ; Demographic And Economic Trends, 1770-1823 ; The Shifting Interests Of Slave-trade Diplomacy ; War And Emancipation -- 2. The Seats Of Power, I : Prospects For Reform ; Emancipation In Non-slave Societies ; Petitioning And Representation -- 3. The Seats Of Power, Ii : The Testing Of Parliamentary Supremacy ; Sanction And Jurisdiction In The United States: Migration And Importation ; Gestation Of The Negative Pregnant ; Jurisdiction In The French Revolution: The Formula For Loss Of Control ; Expansion And Constraint -- 4. The Boundaries Of Idealism :the Founding Fathers And The Debunkers ; Jefferson’s Uncertain Commitment ; Philosophes Pf The Caribbean ; The Neutralization Of Antislavery In The South --^ 5. The Quaker Ethic And The Antislavery International : The Quaker Initiative ; The Solvent Of Wealth ; William Allen And The Limitations Of Quaker Philosophy ; A Preliminary Assessment: The Symbolism Of Slave And Free Labor -- 6. The Emancipation Of America, I : The Limits Of Revolutionary Ideology ; Slavery As An Obstacle To Man's True Destiny ; The Penalty Of Being Inconsistent -- 7. The Emancipation Of America, Ii : How Negroes Could Help Emancipate White Americans ; Race And Reality ; The Perishability Of Revolutionary Time ; Declension And Justification -- 8. The Preservation Of English Liberty, I : The English Context Compared With That Of America And France ; Some Political And Ideological Implications ; Antislavery As Reinforcement Of Legitimate Authority -- 9. The Preservation Of English Liberty, Ii : Slavery As The Prime Symbol Of Corruption ; Benevolence As The Redemption Of Politics ; The Slave System As A Mirror For English Society --^ 10. Antislavery And The Conflict Of Laws : Property Versus Legal Personality ; Personal Dominion Versus Service ; Contract And Consent: Toward A Free Labor Ideology ; Conflicting Jurisdictions -- 11. The Good Book : The Perversion Of Scripture: The Bible’s Bondage To Slavery ; Apologetics And Latitudinarian Drift ; Initial Slaves ; Jesuit Intrigue ; Come Sound The Jubilee!. David Brion Davis. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Frontmatter (page N/A) Preface (page 11) Notes on Terms (page 21) A Calendar of Events Associated with Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Emancipation, 1770-1823 (page 23) Chapter One What the Abolitionists Were Up Against (page 39) Chapter Two The Seats of Power, I (page 84) Chapter Three The Seats of Power, II (page 113) Chapter Four The Boundaries of Idealism (page 164) Chapter Five The Quaker Ethic and the Antislavery International (page 213) Chapter Six The Emancipation of America, I (page 255) Chapter Seven The Emancipation of America, II (page 285) Chapter Eight The Preservation of English Liberty, I (page 343) Chapter Nine The Preservation of English Liberty, II (page 386) Chapter Ten Antislavery and the Conflict Laws (page 469) Chapter Eleven The Good Book (page 523) Epilogue: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the Phenomenology of Mind (page 557) Index (page 565)