Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1860, by
THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Mass.
CONTENTS | |
CHAPTER I. | |
THE QUESTION AT ISSUE. | |
We are called to discuss the Slave Trade anew — The contest between Freedom and Slavery — Responsibility for the progress of the latter — Jefferson's view of God's justice — Many indeed discard the "higher law" views of Patrick Henry — Gouverneur Morris — John Jay — Washington — The American Revolution a Contest for Natural Rights — Views of Hamilton, Lafayette, and Washington — the Constitutional Convention — Modern Degeneracy — The Slave Trade and Slavery alike in principle — Testimony of the Presbyterian General Assemby — Alarming aspect of this degeneracy, | 7 |
CHAPTER II. | |
HISTORY OF THE SLAVE TRADE. | |
Dates from 1503 — Portuguese, French, and English — First importation into America in 1620 — Waste of Life — The "Middle Passage" — Statistics — Disclosures elicited by the British Parliament — A Slave ship described — The ship "Zoreg" — Horrors of the trade can not be written, | 19 |
CHAPTER III. | |
EFFECTS OF THE SLAVE TRADE UPON AFRICA. | |
Barrier to Social and Moral Improvement — Condition of Africa in the 12th and 16th centuries — In 1700 — In 1726 – In 1819 — Changes in the same District under the Effects of the Traffic — Cruelties of Native Chiefs — Bloody Customs — These due, in great part, to the Slave Trade – Slavery in Africa compared with that in America (Note) — Blood crying from the Ground, | 32 |
CHAPTER IV. | |
EFFORTS TO ABOLISH THE SLAVE TRADE. | |
First Advocate — The "Friend" – Yearly Meetings in 1696, 1727, and 1760 — First act of Voluntary Emancipation — Goodwyn — Baxter — Whitefield — Wesley — Thomas Clarkson — Early History — Premium Essay on the Slave Trade — Obtains the Prize — Devotes himself to the Cause for life — His Supporters — Sacrifices — Joined by Wilberforce — Committee of Twelve — Granville Sharp — Efforts to secure the action of Parliament — Opposition — Resolution in 1806 — Passage of the Bill to abolish the Traffic — First Movements in the United States — Laws of 1794 and 1800 — Importation of Slaves prohibited in 1808 — The Traffic declared Piracy in 1820 — Opinions of Memorialists and Eminent Citizens — Abolition of the Traffic by European Governments — Noble Conduct of Great Britain, | 43 |
CHAPTER V. | |
FAILURE OF MEASURES TO DESTROY THE SLAVE TRADE. | |
The Traffic still continued — Increased cruelties of it — Complicity of our own country — Refusal to join with England and France in its suppression — Conduct of Mexico in Contrast — Causes of the Failure in this Country — The Slave Trade a legitimate Product of Slavery — Annexation of Texas — War with Mexico — Feeling in England in Relation to our Conduct | 69 |
CHAPTER VI. | |
EVIDENCES OF THE REVIVAL OF THE SLAVE TRADE IN THE UNITED STATES. | |
The South not unanimous in favor of such revival — Need of support to those who oppose it — The magnitude of the evil no safeguard against it — Difficult to obtain Evidence of its present Extent — Statistics of the Trade — The yacht "Wanderer" — The "Echo" — Other instances — Advertisement of newly imported slaves for sale — Statement of a United States Senator — Statements of Southern Papers — Southern Politicians — Public Meetings — Protest of Grand Jury against the outlawry of the Traffic — Opinions of Eminent Statesmen — Hon. H. W. Davis — Resolutions of Legislature of New York, | 84 |
CHAPTER VII. | |
CONCLUSION. | |
Effects of Reopening the Traffic — Upon the Secular Interests of the Country — Upon its Religious Interest — Appeal to the Nation — Responsibility upon the Churches | 97 |
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