Slave no more: self-liberation before abolitionism in the Americas

Introduction

Part I. Settings and eras. The slave trade and slavery in the Americas : transcontinental trends

Part II. From conquest to the end of the Seven Years' War (1501-1763). Marronage : a risky but possible path to freedom

Self-purchase and military service : legal but limited paths to emancipation

Conspiracy and revolt : the most perilous paths to freedom

Part III. The age of revolution and independence (1763-1825). Slaves as actors on the path to U.S. independence

From the slave revolt in Saint Domingue to the founding of the black nation of Haiti

The shock waves of the Haitian revolution

The wars of independence in continental Iberian America : new opportunities for liberation

Part IV. Defending slavery versus abolitionism (1800-1838). Marronage and the purchase of freedom : old strategies in new times

Revolts and abolitionism

Epilogue.