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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