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The Polk Family Tree xi
Some Polk Slaves xiii
INTRODUCTION 3
I SLAVEMASTER
1 A Market for Labor Power 11
2 Flight (I) Tennessee 23
3 Flight (II) The Mississippi Plantation 33
4 Profit 49
5 The Nature of the Regime 55
6 The Spirit of Governance 71
7 Births and Deaths go
8 Family and Community 100
9 Privileges 107
II PRESIDENT
10 Polk's Early Response to the Antislavery Movement 9ig
11 Texas and the Mexican War 130
12 Slavery and Union 141
13 Alternatives 153
EPILOGUE: Slavery and the Civil War 167
Appendixes 175
Notes 201
Select Bibliography 245
Index 253
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Polk, James K, (James Knox), 1795-1849, Presidents United States Biography,
Polk, James K, (James Knox), 1795-1849 Views on slavery,
Polk, James K, (James Knox), 1795-1849 Relations with slaves,
Plantation owners Tennessee Biography, Plantation owners Mississippi Biography,
Slavery Tennessee History 19th century, Slavery Mississippi History 19th century