Stephanie McCurry is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego.

...of interest not only for the local matter of South Carolina, but as one test whether 'race, class, and gender' can (to adapt Marx on the Confederacy) make a history and not just a battle-cry. McCurry offers an abunbance of insight, information and anecdote. She is a gifted historian, engaging large questions.

• Introduction: A Person with a Price1. The Chattel Principle2. Between the Prices3. Making a World Out of Slaves4. Turning People into Products5. Reading Bodies and Marking Race6. Acts of Sale7. Life in the Shadow of the Slave MarketEpilogue: Southern History and the Slave Trade

Stephanie McCurry is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego.

...of interest not only for the local matter of South Carolina, but as one test whether 'race, class, and gender' can (to adapt Marx on the Confederacy) make a history and not just a battle-cry. McCurry offers an abunbance of insight, information and anecdote. She is a gifted historian, engaging large questions.

• Introduction: A Person with a Price1. The Chattel Principle2. Between the Prices3. Making a World Out of Slaves4. Turning People into Products5. Reading Bodies and Marking Race6. Acts of Sale7. Life in the Shadow of the Slave MarketEpilogue: Southern History and the Slave Trade