History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 | Page 2

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 misinterprets the Mobocratic Spirit of the North.--The "Garrisonians" and "Calhounites."--Slave Population of 1830-1850.--The Thirty-first Congress.--Motion for the Admission of New Mexico and California.--The Democratic and Whig Parties on the Treatment of the Slave Question.--Convention of the Democratic Party at Baltimore, Maryland.--Nomination of Franklin Pierce for President.--Whig Party Convention.--Nomination of Gen. Winfield Scott for the Presidency by the Whigs.--Mr. Pierce elected President in 1853.--A Bill introduced to repeal the