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of
1810.--Mississippi applies for Admission into the Union with a Slave
Constitution.--Congress besieged by Memorials urging more Specific
Legislation against the Slave-trade.--Premium offered to the Informer
of every illegally imported African seized within the United
States.--Circular-letters sent to the Naval Officers on the Sea-coast of
the Slave-holding States.--President Monroe's Message to Congress on
the Question of Slavery.--Petition presented by the Missouri Delegates
for the Admission of that State into the Union.--The Organization of
the Arkansas Territory.--Resolutions passed for the Restriction of
Slavery in New States.--The Missouri Controversy.--The Organization
of the Anti-slavery Societies.--An Act for the Gradual Abolition of
Slavery in New Jersey.--Its Provisions.--The Attitude of the Northern
Press on the Slavery Question.--Slave Population of
1820.--Anti-slavery Sentiment at the North 1
CHAPTER II.
NEGRO TROOPS IN THE WAR OF 1812.
Employment of Negroes as Soldiers in the War of 1812.--The New
York Legislature authorizes the Enlistment of a Regiment of Colored
Soldiers.--Gen. Andrew Jackson's Proclamation to the Free Colored
Inhabitants of Louisiana calling them to Arms.--Stirring Address to the
Colored Troops the Sunday before the Battle of New Orleans.--Gen.
Jackson anticipates the Valor of his Colored Soldiers.--Terms of Peace
at the Close of the War by the Commissioners at Ghent.--Negroes
placed as Chattel Property.--Their Valor in War secures them no
Immunity in Peace 23
CHAPTER III.

NEGROES IN THE NAVY.
No Proscription against Negroes as Sailors.--They are carried upon the
Rolls in the Navy without Regard to their Nationality.--Their Treatment
as Sailors.--Commodore Perry's Letter to Commodore Chauncey in
Regard to the Men sent him.--Commodore Chauncey's Spirited
Reply.--The Heroism of the Negro set forth in the Picture of Perry's
Victory on Lake Erie.--Extract of a Letter from Nathaniel Shaler,
Commander of a Private Vessel.--He cites Several Instances of the
Heroic Conduct of Negro Sailors 28
PART 5.
ANTI-SLAVERY AGITATION.
CHAPTER IV.
RETROSPECTION AND REFLECTION. 1825-1850.
The Security of the Institution of Slavery at the South.--The Right to
hold Slaves questioned.--Rapid Increase of the Slave
Population.--Anti-slavery Speeches in the Legislature of Virginia.--The
Quakers of Maryland and Delaware emancipate their Slaves.--The Evil
Effect of Slavery upon Society.--The Conscience and Heart of the
South did not respond to the Voice of Reason or the Dictates of
Humanity 31
CHAPTER V.
ANTI-SLAVERY METHODS.
The Antiquity of Anti-slavery Sentiment.--Benjamin Lundy's
Opposition to Slavery in the South and at the North.--He establishes the
"Genius of Universal Emancipation."--His Great Sacrifices and
Marvellous Work in the Cause of Emancipation.--William Lloyd
Garrison edits a Paper at Bennington, Vermont.--He pens a Petition to
Congress for the Abolition of Slavery in the District of
Columbia.--Garrison the Peerless Leader of the Anti-slavery

Agitation.--Extract from a Speech delivered by Daniel O'Connell at
Cork, Ireland.--Increase of Anti-slavery Societies in the
Country.--Charles Sumner delivers a Speech on the "Anti-slavery
Duties of the Whig Party."--Marked Events of 1846.--Sumner the
Leader of the Political Abolition Party.--Heterodox Anti-slavery
Party.--Its Sentiments.--Horace Greeley the Leader of the Economic
Anti-slavery Party.--The Aggressive Anti-slavery Party.--Its
Leaders.--The Colonization Anti-slavery Society.--American
Colonization Society.--Manumitted Negroes colonize on the West
Coast of Africa.--A Bill establishing a Line of Mail Steamers to the
Coast of Africa.--It provides for the Suppression of the Slave-trade, the
Promotion of Commerce, and the Colonization of Free
Negroes.--Extracts from the Press warmly urging the Passage of the
Bill.--The Underground Railroad Organization.--Its Efficiency in
freeing Slaves.--Anti-Slavery Literature.--It exposes the True Character
of Slavery.--"Uncle Tom's Cabin," by Harriet Beecher Stowe, pleaded
the Cause of the Slave in Twenty Different Languages.--The Influence
of "Impending Crisis." 37
CHAPTER VI.
ANTI-SLAVERY EFFORTS OF FREE NEGROES.
Intelligent Interest of Free Negroes in the Agitation Movement.--"First
Annual Convention of the People of Color" held at
Philadelphia.--Report of the Committee on the Establishment of a
College for Young Men of Color.--Provisional Committee appointed in
each City.--Conventional Address.--Second Convention held at
Benezet Hall, Philadelphia.--Resolutions of the Meeting.--Conventional
Address.--The Massachusetts General Colored
Association.--Convention of Anti-slavery Women of America at New
York.--Prejudice against admitting Negroes into White
Societies.--Colored Orators.--Their Eloquent Pleas for their Enslaved
Race 61
CHAPTER VII.

NEGRO INSURRECTIONS.
The Negro not so Docile as supposed.--The Reason why he was kept in
Bondage.--Negroes possessed Courage but lacked
Leaders.--Insurrection of Slaves.--Gen. Gabriel as a Leader.--Negro
Insurrection planned in South Carolina.--Evils of, revealed.--The "Nat.
Turner" Insurrection in South Hampton County, Virginia.--The Whites
arm themselves to repel the Insurrectionists.--Capture and Trial of "Nat.
Turner."--His Execution.--Effect of the Insurrection upon Slaves and
Slave-holders 82
CHAPTER VIII.
THE "AMISTAD" CAPTIVES.
The Spanish Slaver "Amistad" sails from Havana, Cuba, for Porto
Principe.--Fifty-four Native Africans on Board.--Joseph Cinquez, the
Son of an African Prince.--The "Amistad" captured and taken into New
London, Conn.--Trial and Release of the Slaves.--Tour through the
United States.--Return to their Native Country in Company with
Missionaries.--The Anti-slavery Cause benefited by their Stay in the
United States.--Their Appreciation of Christian Civilization 93
Part 6.
THE PERIOD OF PREPARATION.
CHAPTER IX.
NORTHERN SYMPATHY AND SOUTHERN SUBTERFUGES.
1850-1860.
Violent Treatment of Anti-slavery Orators.--The South