| Description |
310 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
American history series |
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American history series (San Diego, Calif.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-305) and index. |
| Contents |
Slavery is immoral / Samuel Sewall -- Slavery is moral / John Saffin -- Slavery should be allowed in Georgia / Citizens of Savannah -- Slavery should not be allowed in Georgia / Citizens of Darien -- Slaves should be freed to fight the American rebels / John Murray -- Slaves should not fight the American rebels / Virginia Gazette -- Slavery violates human rights / David Cooper -- Slavery does not violate human rights / Theodore Parsons -- Slavery is just / George McDuffie -- Slavery is evil / Theodore Dwight Weld -- Slavery is not oppressive / Nehemiah Adams -- Slavery is oppressive / Peter Randolph -- A positive reminiscence of slavery / Millie Evans -- A negative reminiscence of slavery / Mary Reynolds -- Resistance to slavery is not justified / Jupiter Hammon -- Resistance to slavery is justified / Henry Highland Garnet -- The Southampton slave insurrection was neccessary / Nat Turner -- The Southampton rebellion resulted in white violence / Harriet A. Jacobs -- Stricter laws can prevent slave revolts / John Floyd -- Only the abolition of slavery can prevent slave revolts / William Lloyd Garrison -- Emancipation should be gradual / St. George Tucker -- Emancipation should be immediate / William Lloyd Garrison -- Returning blacks to Africa will help end slavery / Robert Goodloe Harper -- Returning blacks to Africa will not end slavery / Colored Citizens of Philadelphia -- Emancipation is impractical / Thomas R. Dew -- Emancipation is practical / Lydia Maria Child -- The U.S. constitution supports slavery / William Ingersoll Bowditch -- The U.S. constitution does not support slavery / Frederick Douglass -- Constitutional rights do not extend to ex-slaves / Roger Taney -- Constitutional rights do extend to ex-slaves / Benjamin Robbins Curtis --Popular sovereignty over slavery divides the nation / Abraham Lincoln -- Popular sovereignty should decide slavery / Stephen A. Douglas -- Freeing the slaves should be the primary war aim / Horace Greeley -- Preserving the union should be the primary war aim / Abraham Lincoln -- Slavery left America with a weak moral foundation / John Hope Franklin -- America's founders recognized the dilemma of slavery / Herbert J. Storing. |
| Local Note |
June 1993 $17.95 [16.16] |
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June 1993 $17.95 [16.16] |
| Subject |
Slavery -- United States -- History -- Sources.
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| Added Author |
Dudley, William, 1964-
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| ISBN |
1565100131 (lib. bdg. : acid-free paper) : $17.95 |
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1565100123 (pbk. : acid-free paper) : $9.95 |
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