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CHAPTER III.

NEGROES IN THE NAVY.

No Proscription against Negroes as Sailors.--They are carried
upon the Rolls in the Navy without Regard to their
Nationality.--Their Treatment as Sailors.--Commodore Perry's
Letter to Commodore Chauncey in Regard to the Men sent
him.--Commodore Chauncey's Spirited Reply.--The Heroism of the
Negro set forth in the Picture of Perry's Victory on Lake
Erie.--Extract of a Letter from Nathaniel Shaler, Commander of a
Private Vessel.--He cites Several Instances of the Heroic Conduct
of Negro Sailors 28

PART 5.

_ANTI-SLAVERY AGITATION._

CHAPTER IV.

RETROSPECTION AND REFLECTION. 1825-1850.

The Security of the Institution of Slavery at the South.--The
Right to hold Slaves questioned.--Rapid Increase of the Slave
Population.--Anti-slavery Speeches in the Legislature of
Virginia.--The Quakers of Maryland and Delaware emancipate their
Slaves.--The Evil Effect of Slavery upon Society.--The Conscience
and Heart of the South did not respond to the Voice of Reason or
the Dictates of Humanity 31

CHAPTER V.

ANTI-SLAVERY METHODS.

The Antiquity of Anti-slavery Sentiment.--Benjamin Lundy's
Opposition to Slavery in the South and at the North.--He
establishes the "Genius of Universal Emancipation."--His Great
Sacrifices and Marvellous Work in the Cause of
Emancipation.--William Lloyd Garrison edits a Paper at
Bennington, Vermont.--He pens a Petition to Congress for the
Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia.--Garrison the
Peerless Leader of the Anti-slavery Agitation.--Extract from a
Speech delivered by Daniel O'Connell at Cork, Ireland.--Increase
of Anti-slavery Societies in the Country.--Charles Sumner
delivers a Speech on the "Anti-slavery Duties of the Whig
Party."--Marked Events of 1846.--Sumner the Leader of the
Political Abolition Party.--Heterodox Anti-slavery Party.--Its
Sentiments.--Horace Greeley the Leader of the Economic
Anti-slavery Party.--The Aggressive Anti-slavery Party.--Its
Leaders.--The Colonization Anti-slavery Society.--American
Colonization Society.--Manumitted Negroes colonize on the West
Coast of Africa.--A Bill estab