Black majority: Negroes in colonial South Carolina from 1670 through the Stono Rebellion

African workers in the Carolina lowlands: The colony of a colony ; Black labor, white rice ; "The soveraign [sic] ray of health"

The changing frontier: Black pioneers ; "More like a Negro country" ; Gullah speech: the roots of black English

Rising tensions: Growing initiative among blacks ; Mounting anxiety among whites ; Runaways: slaves who stole themselves

A colony in conflict: Patterns of white control ; Patterns of black resistance ; The Stono rebellion and its consequences.