Jones

CONTENTS

Introduction: Mistresses of the Market

ONE  Mistresses in the Making

TWO  “I Belong to de Mistis”

THREE  “Missus Done Her Own Bossing”

FOUR  “She Thought She Could Find a Better Market”

FIVE  “Wet Nurse for Sale or Hire”

SIX  “That ’Oman Took Delight in Sellin’ Slaves”

SEVEN  “Her Slaves Have Been Liberated and Lost to Her”

EIGHT  “A Most Unprecedented Robbery”

Epilogue: Lost Kindred, Lost Cause

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index