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Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; An opening statement; Part I.Individuals, Judges, Property: 1. The Pioneers; or the sources of Americanlegal history: a critical tale; 2. The House of the Seven Gables: Hawthorne'slegal story; 3. The House of the Seven Gables: Hawthorne's romance of art;Part II. Wage and Chattel Slavery: 4. 'Benito Cereno': Melville's narrativeof repression; 5. A sentimental journey: escape from bondage in Uncle Tom'sCabin; 6. Exploitation at home and at sea; 7. 'Bartleby, the scrivener':fellow servants and free agents on Wall Street; 8. Contracts and confidencemen; Part III. Billy Budd and Re-Righting Legal History: 9. Measured forms;10. Ragged edges; A closing statement; notes; Index.