PrefaceCHAPTER 1: Slavery and the ConstitutionCHAPTER 2: The Federalist EraCHAPTER 3: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of LibertyCHAPTER 4: The Missouri CrisisCHAPTER 5: Slavery—The Thing ItselfCHAPTER 6: Slave Revolt and State NullificationCHAPTER 7: Abolitionists and ProslaveryCHAPTER 8: TexasCHAPTER 9: The Last Great Compromise and Bleeding KansasCHAPTER 10: Lincoln and SecessionNotesSelected BibliographyAbout the Author