AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: A Bind of Their Own MakingPart One1: Telling Stories2: The Rhetoric of Reputation3: AdvocacyPart Two4: Your Word Is Your Bond5: The Sanctity of Property6: Subjects of Selfhood7: For Family and PropertyAfterword: From Property to PlessyAppendix: Researching Black LitigantsNotesBibliographyIndex