as a proof of the
truth of their arguments. Some of the slave States--and most, if not all
of them, will pursue the same policy--have already passed laws for the
removal of the free blacks from their borders, but allowing them the
option of remaining, by choosing their masters, and returning to a state
of servitude; and strange as you may think it, many have already done
so, in preference to going among their friends, the abolitionists. This
is done, not so much because we wish to be rid of this heterogeneous
element of our population, for at worst, they are, _with us_, only a
kind of harmless dead weight, but because we wish to send them North as
missionaries, to convert the abolitionists and free soilers. If we may
judge from the census and votes in the different counties in Ohio, the
experiment will be entirely successful, as those counties having the
largest black population, voted, in 1859, against the anti-slavery
ticket; whilst those which voted for it, possess but a meagre black
population. Is this because an intimate acquaintance with the negro,
convinces the community that freedom is not the normal or proper
condition for him; or is it because he prefers to reside amongst those
who make least pretensions of friendship for him? The anti-slavery men
may take either horn of the dilemma.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR. 8

COTTON IS KING.

Preface to the Third Edition. 19
Preface to the Second Edition. 26
Preface to the First Edition. 31

CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTORY STATEMENTS.

Character of the Slavery controversy in the United
States; In Great Britain; Its influence in
modifying the policy of Anti-Slavery men in
America; Course of the Churches; Political Parties;
Result, COTTON IS KING; Necessity of reviewing the
policy in relation to the African race; Topics
embraced in the discussion. 33

CHAPTER II.

THE EARLY MOVEMENTS ON THE SUBJECT OF SLAVERY; THE
CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH THE COLONIZATION SOCIETY TOOK
ITS RISE; THE RELATIONS IT SUSTAINED TO SLAVERY AND TO
THE SCHEMES PROJECTED FOR ITS ABOLITION; THE ORIGIN OF
THE ELEMENTS WHICH HAVE GIVEN TO AMERICAN SLAVERY ITS
COMMERCIAL VALUE AND CONSEQUENT POWERS OF EXPA