Rape and sexual power in early America

Acknowledgments

List of illustrations

Archival abbreviations

Introduction

1. Consent and coercion : the continuum of sexual relations

2. The means of sexual coercion : identity, power, and social consent

3. After coerced sex : the progression of knowledge

4. The crime of rape : transatlantic standards, American racialization, and local judgment

5. Constructing rape and race at Early American courts

6. New worlds of rape: masculinity, myth, and revolution

Conclusion

Appendix A : Tabulation of known sexual coercion incidents

Appendix B : Legal records consulted

Index.