Feb. 10--How Does Slavery Fit In? I


  1. The Paradox of American "Freedom"
    1. Self-Reliance Dependent on Property
    2. Accumulation Dependent on Control of Others' Labor
  2. The "Problem" of Labor
    1. The Need for Dependent Workers, vs
    2. The Lure of Frontier Independence
  3. The Solution--Bound Labor
    1. The Family, Women
    2. Indentured Servants
    3. Slaves--People as Property
  4. Slavery and Freedom--The American Paradox
    1. Slaves as Means Toward (White) "Independence"
    2. Slavery as a "Property Right"