Bonds of Citizenship: Law and the Labors of Emancipation

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Bonds of Citizenship America and the Long 19th Century General Editors David Kazanjian, Elizabeth McHenry, and Priscilla Wald Black Frankenstein: The Making of an American Metaphor Elizabeth Young Neither Fugitive nor Free: Atlantic Slavery, Freedom Suits, and the Legal Culture of Travel Edlie L. Wong Shadowing the White Man’s Burden: U.S. Imperialism and the Problem of the Color Line Gretchen Murphy Bodies of Reform: The Rhetoric of Character in Gilded Age America James B. Salazar Empire’s Proxy: American Literature and U.S. Imperialism in the Philippines Meg Wesling Sites Unseen: Architecture, Race, and American Literature William A. Gleason Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood from Slavery to Civil Rights Robin Bernstein American Arabesque: Arabs and Islam in the Nineteenth-Century Imaginary Jacob Rama Berman Racial Indigestion: Eating Bodies in the Nineteenth Century Kyla Wazana Tompkins Idle Threats: Men and the Limits of Productivity in Nineteenth-Century America Andrew Lyndon Knighton Tomorrow’s Parties: Sex and the Untimely in Nineteenth-Century America Peter Coviello Bonds of Citizenship: Law and the Labors of Emancipation Hoang Gia Phan Bonds of Citizenship Law and the Labors of Emancipation Hoang Gia Phan a N e w Y o r k U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s New York and London N E W Y O R K U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S New York and London www.nyupress.org© 2013 by New York University All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Phan, Hoang Gia. Bonds of citizenship : law and the labors of emancipation / Hoang Gia Phan. p. cm.—(America and the long 19th century) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8147-3847-4 (cl : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8147-7170-9 (pb : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8147-3893-1 (e) ISBN 978-0-8147-7192-1 (e) 1. Slaves—Legal status, laws, etc.—United States—History. 2. Citizenship—United States—Philosophy. 3. Citizenship—United States—History. 4. Slavery—United States—History. 5. Indentured servants—Legal status, laws, etc.—United States—History. 6. Social structure—United States—History. 7. Slavery in literature. 8. Citizenship in literature. 9. Master and servant in literature. I. Title. KF482.P49 2013 342.7308’7—dc23 2012035343 References to Internet Websites (URLs) were accurate at the time of writing. Neither the author nor New York University Press is responsible for URLs that may have expired or changed since the manuscript was prepared. New York University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. We strive to use environmentally responsible suppliers and materials to the greatest extent possible in publishing our books. Manufactured in the United States of America c 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 p 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 A book in the American Literatures Initiative (ALI), a collaborative publishing project of NYU Press, Fordham University Press, Rutgers University Press, Temple University Press, and the University of Virginia Press. The Initiative is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. For more information, please visit www.americanliteratures.org. For Tho and Lien Phan This page intentionally left blank ...