William S. Kiser teaches history at Texas AandM University-San Antonio. He is author of Turmoil on the Rio Grande: The Territorial History of the Mesilla Valley, 1846-1865 and Dragoons in Apacheland: Conquest and Resistance in Southern New Mexico, 1846-1861.

• PrologueIntroductionChapter 1. Debating Southwestern Slavery in the Halls of CongressChapter 2. Indian Slavery Meets American SovereigntyChapter 3. The Peculiar Institution of Debt PeonageChapter 4. Slave Codes and Sectional FavorChapter 5. Reconstruction and the Unraveling of Alternative SlaveriesConclusionNotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments

"William Kiser's new book on slavery and debt peonage in nineteenth-century New Mexico sits at the cutting edge of several historiographical trends in American history. Joining new scholarship that has demonstrated the ubiquity of Native American captivity and enslavement, the book also furthers recent efforts to nationalize the story of the Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction. Cogently argued and rigorously researched, this book is a must read for anyone interested in nineteenth-century US history."

William S. Kiser teaches history at Texas AandM University-San Antonio. He is author of Turmoil on the Rio Grande: The Territorial History of the Mesilla Valley, 1846-1865 and Dragoons in Apacheland: Conquest and Resistance in Southern New Mexico, 1846-1861.

• PrologueIntroductionChapter 1. Debating Southwestern Slavery in the Halls of CongressChapter 2. Indian Slavery Meets American SovereigntyChapter 3. The Peculiar Institution of Debt PeonageChapter 4. Slave Codes and Sectional FavorChapter 5. Reconstruction and the Unraveling of Alternative SlaveriesConclusionNotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments

"William Kiser's new book on slavery and debt peonage in nineteenth-century New Mexico sits at the cutting edge of several historiographical trends in American history. Joining new scholarship that has demonstrated the ubiquity of Native American captivity and enslavement, the book also furthers recent efforts to nationalize the story of the Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction. Cogently argued and rigorously researched, this book is a must read for anyone interested in nineteenth-century US history."

William S. Kiser teaches history at Texas AandM University-San Antonio. He is author of Turmoil on the Rio Grande: The Territorial History of the Mesilla Valley, 1846-1865 and Dragoons in Apacheland: Conquest and Resistance in Southern New Mexico, 1846-1861.

• PrologueIntroductionChapter 1. Debating Southwestern Slavery in the Halls of CongressChapter 2. Indian Slavery Meets American SovereigntyChapter 3. The Peculiar Institution of Debt PeonageChapter 4. Slave Codes and Sectional FavorChapter 5. Reconstruction and the Unraveling of Alternative SlaveriesConclusionNotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments

"William Kiser's new book on slavery and debt peonage in nineteenth-century New Mexico sits at the cutting edge of several historiographical trends in American history. Joining new scholarship that has demonstrated the ubiquity of Native American captivity and enslavement, the book also furthers recent efforts to nationalize the story of the Civil War, Emancipation, and Reconstruction. Cogently argued and rigorously researched, this book is a must read for anyone interested in nineteenth-century US history."