Contents List of Tables Preface Maps PART I Slave Rebellion, 1736 1. "No People Were Ever Rescued from a Danger More Imminent" 2. "Our Island Is in Such a Miserable Condition" 3. "Not.Bound.by the Ordinary Rules of Law" PART II Slaves and Slave Society 4. African Recruitment 5. From the Negroes' Labor 6.

For the Better Government of Slaves 7. Regulating Runaways and Freedmen PART III Patterns of Slave Resistance 8. "To Make Themselves Masters of the Contry" 9. "However They May Disguise It, They Hate Their Masters" 10. "A Conspiracy Deeply Laid & Extended Wide" 11. "Daring Spirits to Lead Them On" Conclusion Abbreviations Notes Index.