The African slave trade. / Clark, Rufus W.

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 Assembly
  • Alarming aspect of this degeneracy,
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• 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,
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• 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,
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• 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

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  • 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,
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• 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,
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• 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,
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• 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,
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