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xi Contents Introduction xxvii Gerret Hendricks, Derick op de Graeff, Francis Daniell Pastorius, and Abraham op den Graef Resolution of Germantown Mennonites 1 George Keith An Exhortation & Caution to Friends Concerning Buying or Keeping of Negroes 4 Samuel Sewall The Selling of Joseph: A Memorial 9 John Hepburn from The American Defence of the Christian Golden Rule, or an Essay to Prove the Unlawfulness of Making Slaves of Men 15 Elihu Coleman from A Testimony against the Anti-Christian Practice of Making Slaves of Men 20 Benjamin Lay from All Slave-Keepers that Keep the Innocent in Bondage 23 John Woolman from The Journal, 1755; 1758 25 Anthony Benezet from Observations on the Inslaving, Importing and Purchasing of Negroes 28 Arthur Lee Letter to the Virginia Gazette, March 19, 1767 34 Benjamin Franklin A Conversation on Slavery 39

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Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvii

Gerret Hendricks, Derick op de Graeff, Francis Daniell Pastorius, and Abraham op den Graef Resolution .of .Germantown .Mennonites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

George KeithAn .Exhortation .& .Caution .to .Friends .Concerning . .

Buying .or .Keeping .of .Negroes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Samuel SewallThe .Selling .of .Joseph: .A .Memorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

John Hepburnfrom .The .American .Defence .of .the .Christian .Golden .

Rule, .or .an .Essay .to .Prove .the .Unlawfulness .of . .Making .Slaves .of .Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Elihu Colemanfrom .A .Testimony .against .the .Anti-Christian .Practice .

of .Making .Slaves .of .Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Benjamin Layfrom .All .Slave-Keepers .that .Keep .the .Innocent .in .Bondage . 23

John WoolmanfromThe .Journal, .1755; .1758 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Anthony Benezetfrom .Observations .on .the .Inslaving, .Importing .and .

Purchasing .of .Negroes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Arthur LeeLetter .to .the .VirginiaGazette, .March .19, .1767 . . . . . . . . . . 34

Benjamin FranklinA .Conversation .on .Slavery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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John TrumbullThe .Correspondent, .No . .8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Jane DunlapThe .Ethiopians .shall .Stretch .out .their .hands .to .God, . .

or .a .call .to .the .Ethiopians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

David Cooperfrom .A .Mite .Cast .into .the .Treasury; .or, .Observations .

on .Slave-Keeping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Patrick HenryLetter .to .John .Alsop, .January .13, .1773 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Phillis WheatleyTo .the .Right .Honourable .William, .Earl .of .Dartmouth, . .

His .Majesty’s .Principal .Secretary .of .State .for .North- .America, .&c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Letter .to .the .Rev . .Samson .Occom, .February .11, .1774 . . . . . 56

Elhanan Winchesterfrom .The .Reigning .Abominations, .Especially .the .

Slave .Trade, .Considered .as .Causes .of .Lamentation . . . . 57

Thomas PaineLetter .to .the .PennsylvaniaJournal, .

March .8, .1775 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 .

Lemuel Haynesfrom .Liberty .Further .Extended: .Or .Free .Thoughts .on .

the .Illegality .of .Slave-Keeping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Samuel Hopkinsfrom .A .Dialogue, .Concerning .the .Slavery .of .the .Africans . 69

Joel Barlowfrom .The .Prospect .of .Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75from .The .Columbiad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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Anthony BenezetObservations .on .Slavery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78from .Short .Observations .on .Slavery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Jupiter Hammonfrom .A .Dialogue, .intitled, .The .Kind .Master .and .the .

Dutiful .Servant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

AnonymousShandyism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

George WashingtonLetter .to .Robert .Morris, .April .12, .1786 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96from .Last .Will .and .Testament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Benjamin RushThe .Paradise .of .Negro-Slaves—a .dream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

AnonymousEssay .on .Negro .Slavery, .No . .I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Theodore Dwight“Help! .oh, .help! .thou .God .of .Christians!” . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 .

Prince HallThe .Petition .of .a .Great .Number .of .Blacks, .Freemen . .

of .this .Commonwealth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Susanna Rowsonfrom .The .Inquisitor; .or, .Invisible .Rambler . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Olaudah Equianofrom .The .Interesting .Narrative .of .the .Life .of .Olaudah .

Equiano, .or .Gustavus .Vassa, .the .African . .Written . .by .Himself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Benjamin FranklinSidi .Mehemet .Ibrahim .on .the .Slave .Trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

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Joseph Sansomfrom .A .Poetical .Epistle .to .the .Enslaved .Africans, .

in .the .Character .of .an .Ancient .Negro, .Born .a .Slave . .in .Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Benjamin Bannekerfrom .Copy .of .a .Letter .from .Benjamin .Banneker .to .the .

Secretary .of .State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Jonathan Edwardsfrom .The .Injustice .and .Impolicy .of .the .Slave .Trade, .

and .of .the .Slavery .of .the .Africans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 .

Ezra Stiles et al.The .Petition .and .Address .of .the .Connecticut .Society, . .

for .the .promotion .of .Freedom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Robert Pleasants et al.The .Memorial .of .the .Virginia .Society, .for .promoting . .

the .Abolition .of .Slavery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

AnonymousThe .Wretched .Taillah: .An .African .Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Sarah Wentworth Apthorp MortonThe .African .Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Noah Websterfrom .Effects .of .Slavery .on .Morals .and .Industry . . . . . . . . . 151

Timothy Dwightfrom .Greenfield .Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156from .Triumph .of .Democracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157from .The .Charitable .Blessed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Philip FreneauOn .the .Migration .to .America, .and .Peopling .the . .

Western .Country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161Virginia: .A .Fragment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

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David Humphreysfrom .A .Poem .on .Industry .Addressed .to .the .Citizens .

of .the .United .States .of .America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165from .A .Valedictory .Discourse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Charles Pinckney Sumnerfrom .The .Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Anonymousfrom .Reflections .on .the .Slavery .of .the .Negroes, .

Addressed .to .the .Conscience .of .Every .American . .Citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

St. George Tuckerfrom .A .Dissertation .on .Slavery: .With .a .Proposal .for .the .

Gradual .Abolition .of .It, .in .the .State .of .Virginia . . . . . . 172

Anonymousfrom .The .American .in .Algiers, .or .the .Patriot .of .

Seventy-Six .in .Captivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Boston Kingfrom .Memoirs .of .the .Life .of .Boston .King, .a .Black .

Preacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

AnonymousThe .African .Slave .[“Ye .Sons .of .Columbia”] . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

Thomas Branaganfrom .The .Penitential .Tyrant; .or, .Slave .Trader .Reformed . . 184

Isabella OliverOn .Slavery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Absalom Jonesfrom .A .Thanksgiving .Sermon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

AnonymousThe .African .Slave .[“Shall .the .muse .that’s .wont .to . .

wander”] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

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Peter Williams Jr.Hymn .I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Boyrereau Brinchfrom .The .Blind .African .Slave, .or .Memoirs .of .Boyrereau .

Brinch, .Nick-Named .Jeffrey .Brace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

William HamiltonHymn .II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Adam Carmanfrom .An .Oration .Delivered .at .the .Fourth .Anniversary .

of .the .Abolition .of .the .Slave .Trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Peter Clemmons Sr.from .Poor .Peter’s .Call .to .His .Children, .and .to .All .

Others .Who .Can .Hear .and .Believe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

James Fortenfrom .Letters .from .a .Man .of .Colour .on .a .Late .Bill .

Before .the .Senate .of .Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

George Bournefrom .The .Book .and .Slavery .Irreconcilable . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Prince Saundersfrom .A .Memoir .Presented .to .the .American .Convention .

for .Promoting .the .Abolition .of .Slavery, .and . .Improving .the .Condition .of .the .African .Race . . . . . . . . 219

John JayLetter .to .Elias .Boudinot, .Esq ., .November .17, .1819 . . . . . . . 223

Rufus Kingfrom .Observations .of .Rufus .King, .on .the .Missouri .Bill . . . 225

AnonymousThe .Christian .Slave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Jeremiah Gloucesterfrom .An .Oration .on .the .Abolition .of .the .Slave .Trade . . . . 232

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Ann Evansfrom .Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

William Cullen BryantThe .African .Chief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Elizabeth Margaret ChandlerThe .Slave-Ship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242The .Enfranchisement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Tea-Table .Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245Think .of .Our .Country’s .Glory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Lydia SigourneyTo .the .First .Slave .Ship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249Slavery: .Written .for .the .Celebration .of .the .Fourth .of .July . . . 251

George Moses HortonOn .Liberty .and .Slavery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253The .Slave’s .Complaint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Robert Voorhisfrom .Life .and .Adventures .of .Robert .Voorhis, .

the .Hermit .of .Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

David Walkerfrom .Walker’s .Appeal .in .Four .Articles; .Together .with .

a .Preamble, .to .the .Coloured .Citizens .of .the .World . . . . 262

AnonymousThe .African .Woman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

William Lloyd GarrisonTo .the .Public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267Universal .Emancipation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270Truisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271Song .of .the .Abolitionist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

John Greenleaf WhittierTo .William .Lloyd .Garrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276The .Hunters .of .Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278The .Yankee .Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

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Clerical .Oppressors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281The .Slave .Ships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282The .Branded .Hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

AnonymousA .Dream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289Another .Dream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

AnonymousThe .Family .Circle—No . .8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Lydia Maria Francis ChildJumbo .and .Zairee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308Slavery’s .Pleasant .Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

William Ellery Channingfrom .Slavery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

Charles Ballfrom .Slavery .in .the .United .States: .A .Narrative .of .the .

Life .and .Adventures .of .Charles .Ball, .A .Black .Man . . . . . 325

James Gillespie BirneyTo .the .Slaveholders .of .the .South . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328from .The .Sinfulness .of .Slaveholding .in .All .

Circumstances; .Tested .by .Reason .and .Scripture . . . . . . 330

James Fortenfrom .An .Address .Delivered .before .the .Ladies’ .

Anti-Slavery .Society .of .Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

Sarah Moore Grimkéfrom .An .Epistle .to .the .Clergy .of .the .Southern .States . . . . 336Narrative .and .Testimony .of .Sarah .M . .Grimké . . . . . . . . . . . 340

Angelina Emily Grimkéfrom .An .Appeal .to .the .Women .of .the .Nominally .

Free .States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

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John PierpontA .Word .from .a .Petitioner, .to .Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354The .Tocsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358Plymouth .Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361‘I .Would .Not .Live .Always’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Moses Roperfrom .A .Narrative .of .the .Adventures .and .Escape .of .

Moses .Roper, .from .American .Slavery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

James Williamsfrom .Narrative .of .James .Williams: .An .American .Slave: .

Who .Was .for .Several .Years .a .Driver .on .a .Cotton . .Plantation .in .Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

Edmund QuincyMother .Cœlia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

Gerrit Smithfrom .Letter .of .Gerrit .Smith .to .Hon . .Henry .Clay . . . . . . . 376

Theodore Dwight Weldfrom .American .Slavery .As .It .Is: .Testimony .of .

a .Thousand .Witnesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Maria Weston ChapmanPinda:—A .True .Tale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

Harriet WinslowThe .Lonely .Hearted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400

John Quincy Adamsfrom .Argument .of .John .Quincy .Adams, .Before .the .

Supreme .Court .of .the .United .States, .in .the .Case .of . .the .United .States, .appellants, .vs . .Cinque, .and .Others, . .Africans, .Captured .in .the .Schooner .Amistad . . . . . . . . . 403

Daniel HenshawDialogue .on .Slavery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

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Lunsford Lanefrom .The .Narrative .of .Lunsford .Lane, .Formerly .

of .Raleigh, .N .C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423

Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThe .Slave’s .Dream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430The .Slave .in .the .Dismal .Swamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432The .Slave .Singing .at .Midnight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433The .Quadroon .Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434The .Witnesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

John NealDuty .and .Safety .of .Emancipation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437

M. L. GardnerArouse, .New-England’s .Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441

Henry Highland GarnetAn .Address .to .the .Slaves .of .the .United .States .of . .

America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443

Jairus LincolnHymn .17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452

AnonymousAm .I .not .a .Sister? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454

Margaret Lucy Shands BaileyThe .Blind .Slave .Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455

George W. ClarkMarch .to .the .Battlefield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458

Eliza Lee FollenThe .Slave .Boy’s .Wish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461Pic-nic .at .Dedham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462

Elizur Wright Jr.The .Fugitive .Slave .to .the .Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467

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Ralph Waldo EmersonAnniversary .of .West .Indian .Emancipation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

James Russell LowellA .Rallying .Cry .for .New-England, .Against .the . .

Annexation .of .Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474

Lewis Garrard Clarkefrom .Narratives .of .the .Sufferings .of .Lewis .and .

Milton .Clarke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477

Hannah Townsend and Mary TownsendThe .Anti-Slavery .Alphabet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479

Henry Ward Beecherfrom .A .Discourse .Delivered .at .the .Plymouth .Church, .

Brooklyn, .N .Y . .upon .Thanksgiving .Day . . . . . . . . . . . . 489

William Wells Brownfrom .A .Lecture .Delivered .before .the .Female .Anti-Slavery .

Society .of .Salem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491from .Narrative .of .William .W . .Brown, .a .fugitive .slave . .

Written .by .himself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493The .American .Slave-Trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503from .Clotel; .or, .the .President’s .Daughter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506from .The .Escape; .or, .A .Leap .for .Freedom . . . . . . . . . . . . 514

Caroline W. Healey DallA .Sketch .from .Maryland .Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516

Joseph Evans SnodgrassThe .Childless .Mother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521

Jane Elizabeth Hitchcock Jonesfrom .The .Young .Abolitionists; .or, .Conversations .

on .Slavery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524

Henry Bibbfrom .The .Narrative .of .the .Life .and .Adventures .of .Henry .

Bibb, .an .American .Slave, .Written .by .Himself . . . . . . . . 527

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Henry “Box” Brownfrom .Narrative .of .the .Life .of .Henry .Box .Brown, .

Written .by .Himself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532

Josiah Hensonfrom .The .Life .of .Josiah .Henson, .Formerly .a .Slave, .

Now .an .Inhabitant .of .Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538

Lucretia Mottfrom .A .Sermon .to .the .Medical .Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

James Russell LowellCompromise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546

Horace Mannfrom .Speech .of .Horace .Mann .of .Massachusetts, .on .

the .Subject .of .Slavery .in .the .Territories, .and .the . .Consequences .of .a .Dissolution .of .the .Union . . . . . . . . 550

from .Speech .on .the .Fugitive .Slave .Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553

Sojourner Truthfrom .The .Narrative .of .Sojourner .Truth: .A .Northern .

Slave, .Emancipated .from .Bodily .Servitude .by .the . .State .of .New .York, .in .1828 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555

William Lloyd Garrisonfrom .The .Great .Apostate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558

J. M. EellsImpromptu .Stanzas, .Suggested .by .the .Working .of . .

the .Fugitive .Slave .Act, .as .Illustrated .in .the .Case . .of .Rev . .Doctor .Pennington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564

Harriet Beecher Stowefrom .Uncle .Tom’s .Cabin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567Caste .and .Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574The .Sale .of .Little .Harry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576Eliza .Crossing .the .River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577Legree .Striking .Tom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579The .Two .Altars; .or, .Two .Pictures .in .One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580

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George L. Aikenfrom .Uncle .Tom’s .Cabin: .or, .Life .Among .the .Lowly, .

A .Domestic .Drama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593

Frederick DouglassWhat .to .the .Slave .Is .the .4th .of .July? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596from .The .Heroic .Slave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623

Wendell Phillipsfrom .Speech .of .Wendell .Phillips .at .the .Melodeon . . . . . . . . 644

Mary B. Harlanfrom .Ellen, .or .The .Chained .Mother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659

Solomon Northupfrom .Twelve .Years .a .Slave, .Narrative .of .Solomon .

Northup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662

Annie ParkerPassages .in .the .Life .of .a .Slave .Woman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666

John PierpontOde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672

William H. SewardBe .Up .and .Doing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675

Horace GreeleyThe .Domestic .Slave .Trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677

Thomas Wentworth Higginsonfrom .Massachusetts .in .Mourning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682

Abraham LincolnfromSpeech .on .the .Kansas-Nebraska .Act .at .

Peoria, .Illinois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687

Mary Hayden Green Pikefrom .Ida .May: .A .Story .of .Things .Actual .and .Possible . . . . . 691

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Henry David ThoreauSlavery .in .Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694

Ralph Waldo EmersonLecture .on .Slavery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709

Herman Melvillefrom .Benito .Cereno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725

James McCune Smithfrom .Introduction .to .Douglass’sMyBondageand

MyFreedom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 734

Lydia Adamsfrom .The .Refugee: .Or .the .Narratives .of .Fugitive .Slaves .

in .Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740

Harry Thomasfrom .The .Refugee: .Or .the .Narratives .of .Fugitive .Slaves .

in .Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741

Harriet Tubmanfrom .The .Refugee: .Or .the .Narratives .of .Fugitive .Slaves .

in .Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745

Martha Griffith Brownefrom .Autobiography .of .a .Female .Slave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746

Thomas Mayne Reidfrom .The .Quadroon; .or, .A .Lover’s .Adventures .

in .Louisiana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750

Charles Sumnerfrom .The .Crime .Against .Kansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753

John T. Trowbridgefrom .Neighbor .Jackwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762

Harriet Hamline Bigelowfrom .The .Curse .Entailed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772

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Austin Stewardfrom .Twenty-Two .Years .a .Slave, .and .Forty .

Years .a .Freeman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775

AnonymousLucy; .or, .The .Slave .Girl .of .Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 778

Jermain Wesley Loguenfrom .The .Rev . .J . .W . .Loguen, .as .a .Slave .and .as .a .

Freeman: .A .Narrative .of .Real .Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 788

John BrownSpeech .to .the .Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 792Letter .to .Mrs . .George .L . .Stearns, .November .29, .1859 . . . . 794

Ralph Waldo EmersonSpeech .by .Ralph .Waldo .Emerson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795

Louisa May AlcottWith .A .Rose, .That .bloomed .on .the .day .of .John . .

Brown’s .martyrdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798An .Hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800

Elizabeth Cady StantonThe .Slave’s .Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825

Charles Sumnerfrom .The .Barbarism .of .Slavery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830

Walt WhitmanMannahatta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 835

Julia Ward HoweThe .Battle .Hymn .of .the .Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837

Harriet Ann Jacobsfrom .Incidents .in .the .Life .of .a .Slave .Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839

Martin R. Delanyfrom .Blake: .or .the .Huts .of .America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846

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Horace GreeleyThe .Prayer .of .Twenty .Millions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853

Abraham LincolnThe .Emancipation .Proclamation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859

Lucretia MottNo .Greater .Joy .Than .to .See .These .Children .Walking . .

in .the .Anti-Slavery .Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 862

Emily Dickinson“Color—Caste—Denomination” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866

John T. Trowbridgefrom .Cudjo’s .Cave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 867

John Greenleaf WhittierLaus .Deo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 874

Henry Highland Garnetfrom .A .Memorial .Discourse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877

Abraham LincolnSecond .Inaugural .Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 880

William Cullen BryantThe .Death .of .Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 882

Charles Sumnerfrom .Eulogy .on .Abraham .Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 883

Lyman Trumbull et al.The .Thirteenth .Amendment .to .the .U .S . .Constitution . . . . 886

Chronology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 889NoteontheIllustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 897NoteontheTexts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 901Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 947