Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Telling the Stones -- Part One: Neighborhood Dramas -- 2 Marriage: Nell Butler and Charles -- 3 Bastardy: Polly Lane and Jim -- 4 Adultery: Dorothea Bourne and Edmond -- 5 Color: Slavery, Freedom, and Ancestry -- Part Two: Escalating Violence -- 6 Wartime: New Voices and New Dangers -- 7 Politics: Racial Hierarchy and Illicit Sex -- 8 Murder: Black Men, White Women, and Lynching -- Epilogue -- Searching for Stories: A Note on Sources -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F
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