Chapter I: Restriction and Extension. 1800-1825

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Commencement of the Nineteenth Century.--Slave Population of
1800.--Memorial presented to Congress calling Attention to the
Slave-trade to the Coast of Guinea.--Georgia cedes the Territory
lying West of her to become a State.--Ohio adopts a State
Constitution.--William Henry Harrison appointed Governor of the
Territory of Indiana.--An Act of Congress prohibiting the
Importation of Slaves into the United States or
Territories.--Slave Population 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
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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