American dark age: racial feudalism and the rise of Black liberalism

Prologue. Feudalism, American Style

Introduction

Part I. Racial Feudalism. What Was "Feudalism"?

Jeffersonian Confusions

Proslavery Elaborations

Black Critiques

Middle Passage. Cheating Social Death

Part II. Black Liberalism. What Was Black Liberalism?

"Almost Living in the Dark Ages" : The Literature of Black Liberation

"The Philosophy of His Crimes" : Black Women's Interventions

"Why Am I Black?" : Frederick Douglas and Identity-Aware Liberalism

Epilogue. Up from Feudalism.