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Title: The Negro and the Nation
A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement
Author: George S. Merriam
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Language: English
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THE NEGRO AND THE NATION
_A History of American Slavery
and Enfranchisement_
BY
GEORGE S. MERRIAM
HASKELL HOUSE PUBLISHERS LTD.
_Publishers of Scarce Scholarly Books_
NEW YORK. N. Y. 10012
1970
First Published 1906
HASKELL HOUSE PUBLISHERS LTD.
_Publishers of Scarce Scholarly Books_
280 LAFAYETTE STREET
NEW YORK, N. Y. 10012
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 75-95441
Standard Book Number 8383-0994-1
Printed in the United States of America
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. HOW SLAVERY GREW IN AMERICA 1
II. THE ACTS OF THE FATHERS 8
III. CONFLICT AND COMPROMISE 21
IV. THE WIDENING RIFT 28
V. CALHOUN AND GARRISON 46
VI. BIRNEY, CHANNING AND WEBSTER 58
VII. THE UNDERLYING FORCES 67
VIII. THE MEXICAN WAR 71
IX. HOW TO DEAL WITH THE TERRITORIES 79
X. THE COMPROMISE OF 1850 84
XI. A LULL AND A RETROSPECT 92
XII. SLAVERY AS IT WAS 97
XIII. THE STRUGGLE FOR KANSAS 112
XIV. "FREMONT AND FREEDOM" 122
XV. THREE TYPICAL S
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