lishing a Line of Mail Steamers to
the Coast of Africa.--It provides for the Suppression of the
Slave-trade, the Promotion of Commerce, and the Colonization of
Free Negroes.--Extracts from the Press warmly urging the Passage
of the Bill.--The Underground Railroad Organization.--Its
Efficiency in freeing Slaves.--Anti-Slavery Literature.--It
exposes the True Character of Slavery.--"Uncle Tom's Cabin," by
Harriet Beecher Stowe, pleaded the Cause of the Slave in Twenty
Different Languages.--The Influence of "Impending Crisis." 37

CHAPTER VI.

ANTI-SLAVERY EFFORTS OF FREE NEGROES.

Intelligent Interest of Free Negroes in the Agitation
Movement.--"First Annual Convention of the People of Color" held
at Philadelphia.--Report of the Committee on the Establishment of
a College for Young Men of Color.--Provisional Committee
appointed in each City.--Conventional Address.--Second Convention
held at Benezet Hall, Philadelphia.--Resolutions of the
Meeting.--Conventional Address.--The Massachusetts General
Colored Association.--Convention of Anti-slavery Women of America
at New York.--Prejudice against admitting Negroes into White
Societies.--Colored Orators.--Their Eloquent Pleas for their
Enslaved Race 61

CHAPTER VII.

NEGRO INSURRECTIONS.

The Negro not so Docile as supposed.--The Reason why he was kept
in Bondage.--Negroes possessed Courage but lacked
Leaders.--Insurrection of Slaves.--Gen. Gabriel as a
Leader.--Negro Insurrection planned in South Carolina.--Evils of,
revealed.--The "Nat. Turner" Insurrection in South Hampton
County, Virginia.--The Whites arm themselves to repel the
Insurrectionists.--Capture and Trial of "Nat. Turner."--His
Execution.--Effect of the Insurrection upon Slaves and
Slave-holders 82

CHAPTER VIII.

THE "AMISTAD" CAPTIVES.

The Spanish Slaver "Amistad" sails from Havana, Cuba, for Porto
Principe.--Fifty-four Native Africans on Board.--Joseph Cinquez,
the Son of an African Prince.--The "Amistad" captured and taken
into New London, Conn.--Trial and Release of the Slaves.--Tour
through the United States.--Return to their Native Country in
Company with Missionaries.--The Anti-slavery Cause benefited by
their Stay