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  • Cover; Jefferson's Freeholders and the Politics of Ownership in the Old Dominion; Cambridge Studies on the American South; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART 1 RENOVATIO; 1 Taking Notice of an Error; "AMERICA WAS NOT CONQUERED BY WILLIAM THE NORMAN"; "REFINED AND OPPRESSIVE CONSEQUENCES"; CRISIS OVER LAND TENURE, 1752-1774; THE REFUTATION OF SOVEREIGN DOMINION; 2 The Chosen People of God; A PECULIARLY REMARKABLE TENURE; THE ALLODIAL REVOLUTION; REMOVING THE DEAD HAND; THE BOUNDS OF OWNERSHIP; THE ORIGINS OF REFORM; PART 11 REFORMATIO.