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Tables of Contents for Black Majority
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
xiii
Notes on the Text and a List of Footnote Abbreviations
xxi
Prologue: Small Beginnings
3
10
PART ONE: AFRICAN WORKERS IN THE CAROLINA LOWLANDS
The Colony of a Colony
13
22
Black Labor--White Rice
35
28
``The Soveraign Ray of Health''
63
32
PART TWO: THE CHANGING FRONTIER
Black Pioneers
95
36
``More Like a Negro Country''
131
36
Gullah Speech: The Roots of Black English
167
28
PART THREE: RISING TENSIONS
Growing Initiative Among Blacks
195
23
Mounting Anxiety Among Whites
218
21
Runaways: Slaves Who Stole Themselves
239
32
PART FOUR: A COLONY IN CONFLICT
Patterns of White Control
271
14
Patterns of Black Resistance
285
23
The Stono Rebellion and Its Consequences
308
23
Appendixes
331
13
Bibliographical Note
344
2
Index
346