In their various chapters, the seven contributors illustrate that elites’ common
(and inaccurate) use of dichotomous categories to describe social relationships
not only black and white, but also male and female, slave and free, dependent
\and independent—have shored up white power in both regions. Together they
illustrate multilevel social diversity, and demonstrate that acceptance then and
now of simple binaries has impeded efforts by groups outside those categories to
claim recognition, rights, and privileges on their own terms.
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