TY - BOOK AU - Pinnen,Christian TI - Complexion of empire in Natchez: race and slavery in the Mississippi borderlands T2 - Early American places SN - 9780820358512 AV - E445 .C667 2021 KW - Slavery KW - Mississippi KW - History KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Cover --; Half Title --; Title --; Copyright --; Dedication --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1 The Purity of Blood and Dark Complexions: French Empire Building in the Lower Mississippi Valley --; 2 English Bloodlines and the Expansion of Empire: Natchez 1763 to 1779 --; 3 Masters of Complexion? Loyalists, Patriots, and Opportunists in the Colonial Backcountry --; 4 Spanish Complexions in the Lower Mississippi Valley: Making Race in Natchez --; 5 Gendered Complexions: Freedom and Interracial Relationships in Spanish Natchez; 6 New Crop, New Rules of Complexion: From Prince Tobacco to King Cotton --; 7 Mississippi Fever: Fortifying the ""Malignant Empire"" of Complexion --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index --; A --; B --; C --; D --; E --; F --; G --; H --; I --; J --; K --; L --; M --; N --; O --; P --; R --; S --; T --; U --; V --; W --; Y; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2471491&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -