PREFACE.
The subject discussed in the following pages is one of great
importance, and especially so to the people of this country. The views
presented for consideration differ widely from those generally
entertained, both as regards the cause of evil and the mode of cure;
but it does not follow necessarily that they are not correct,—as the
reader may readily satisfy himself by reflecting upon the fact, that
there is scarcely an opinion he now holds, that has not, and at no
very distant period, been deemed quite as heretical as any here
advanced. In reflecting upon them, and upon the facts by which they
are supported, he is requested to bear in mind that the latter are,
with very few exceptions, drawn from writers holding views directly
opposed to those of the author of this volume; and not therefore to be
suspected of any exaggeration of the injurious effects of the system
here treated as leading to slavery, or the beneficial ones resulting
from that here described as tending to establish perfect and universal
freedom of thought, speech, action, and trade.
Philadelphia, March, 1853.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. THE WIDE EXTENT OF SLAVERY
CHAPTER II. OF SLAVERY IN THE BRITISH COLONIES
CHAPTER III. OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES
CHAPTER IV. OF EMANCIPATION IN THE BRITISH COLONIES
CHAPTER V. HOW MAN PASSES FROM POVERTY AND SLAVERY TOWARD WEALTH AND
FREEDOM
CHAPTER VI. HOW WEALTH TENDS TO INCREASE
CHAPTER VII. HOW LABOUR ACQUIRES VALUE AND MAN BECOMES FREE
CHAPTER VIII. HOW MAN PASSES FROM WEALTH AND FREEDOM TOWARD POVERTY
AND SLAVERY
CHAPTER IX. HOW SLAVERY GREW, AND HOW IT IS NOW MAINTAINED, IN THE
WEST INDIES
CHAPTER X. HOW SLAVERY GREW AND IS MAINTAINED IN THE UNITED STATES
CHAPTER XI. HOW SLAVERY GROWS IN PORTUGAL AND TURKEY
CHAPTER XII. HOW SLAVERY GROWS IN INDIA
CHAPTER XIII. HOW SLAVERY GROWS IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND
CHAPTER XIV. HOW SLAVERY GROWS IN ENGLAND
CHAPTER XV. HOW CAN SLAVERY BE EXTINGUISHED?
CHAPTER XVI. HOW FREEDOM GROWS IN NORTHERN GERMANY
CHAPTER XVII. HOW FREEDOM GROWS IN RUSSIA
CHAPTER XVIII. HOW FREEDOM GROWS IN DENMARK
CHAPTER XIX. HOW FREEDOM GROWS IN SPAIN AND BELGIUM
CHAPTER XX. OF THE DUTY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES
CHAPTER XXI. OF THE DUTY OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND