I: Origins: land, labor, and trade -- The landgrab -- The labor switch -- Cyclical crisis, 1680-1723 -- II: Conflicts: race and class -- The laws of slavery -- Revolt and response, 1676-1740 -- Class conflicts, 1724-1740 -- III: Reactions: ideology and religion -- The emergence of patriarchism, 1700-1740 -- Baptism and bondage, 1700-1740 -- Coda: foul means must do, what fair will not -- Black headright patents -- St. Peter's parish.