ve-Trade_ 46
25. _The Slave-Trade and the "Association"_ 47
26. _The Action of the Colonies_ 48
27. _The Action of the Continental Congress_ 49
28. _Reception of the Slave-Trade Resolution_ 51
29. _Results of the Resolution_ 52
30. _The Slave-Trade and Public Opinion after the War_ 53
31. _The Action of the Confederation_ 56

CHAPTER VI
THE FEDERAL CONVENTION, 1787

32. _The First Proposition_ 58
33. _The General Debate_ 59
34. _The Special Committee and the "Bargain"_ 62
35. _The Appeal to the Convention_ 64
36. _Settlement by the Convention_ 66
37. _Reception of the Clause by the Nation_ 67
38. _Attitude of the State Conventions_ 70
39. _Acceptance of the Policy_ 72

CHAPTER VII
TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE AND ANTI-SLAVERY EFFORT, 1787-1807

40. _Influence of the Haytian Revolution_ 74
41. _Legislation of the Southern States_ 75
42. _Legislation of the Border States_ 76
43. _Legislation of the Eastern States_ 76
44. _First Debate in Congress, 1789_ 77
45. _Second Debate in Congress, 1790_ 79
46. _The Declaration of Powers, 1790_ 82
47. _The Act of 1794_ 83
48. _The Act of 1800_ 85
49. _The Act of 1803_ 87
50. _State of the Slave-Trade from 1789 to 1803_ 88
51. _The South Carolina Repeal of 1803_ 89
52. _The Louisiana Slave-Trade, 1803-1805_ 91
53. _Last Attempts at Taxation, 1805-1806_ 94
54. _Key-Note of the Period_ 96

CHAPTER VIII
THE PERIOD OF ATTEMPTED SUPPRESSION, 1807-1825

55. _The Act of 1807_ 97
56. _The First Question: How sha