Black independence struggles and the tale of two revolutions -- An upright man -- Gabriel's Conspiracy and the election of 1800 -- Fly across the river : the Easter Slave Conspiracy of 1802 -- Denmark Vesey and revolutionary theology -- Charles Fenton Mercer and public education in Virginia -- A new look at the American Colonization Society -- An update on Jacksonian historiography : the biographies -- Markets Without a market revolution : southern planters and capitalism -- The proslavery critique of the American Colonization Society -- The Tricolor in black and white : the French Revolution in Jefferson's Virginia -- A matter of blood : Thomas Jefferson and the Hemings Family
Summary
This collection of essays examines the lives and thoughts of three interrelated Southern groups - enslaved rebels, conservative white reformers, and white revolutionaries -presenting a clear and cogent understanding of race, reform, and conservatism in early American history
