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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 253Library 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