... require in this I country to enable us to form a just estimate of t slavery in its influence upon society generally. The author does not indulge in exaggerated denuncia- e tions of slavery, neither does he gloss over its t hideous features ; he simply recounts ...

... of the extravagance and trouble of the institution of Slavery. Unfortunately there was s the declaration of the Confederate Government, conspicuous before all eyes, at that very time, I that Slavery was taken to be the corner-stone of the Confederate polity ...

... ; and also that slavery would die out under the teachings of experience, and the ad- monitions of public opinion throughout the world. It is true these two anticipations are irreconcileable; for, if a state of society based on slavery-wwhich the Confederacy ...

... pointtd out that the Athenian conception of democracy, resting on a basis of slavery, was very widely removed from the modern idea, and Mr. Abbott adds the remark that this slavery, besides directly removing industrial prou)lerm)s, indirectly mitigated d ...

... on the Atlantic shore, and so through Virginia to Washington, where he stopped to write down his judgment upon the painful slavery question. In the next subsequent chap- ters, together with some account of places not previously visited by him in the state ...

... trace behind ?- The Priest of Barcelona. TnuD Puonomss-The civilization of antiquity was the advancement of the few and the slavery of the * many-in Greece 30,000 freemen and 300,000 slaves- and it passed away. True civilization must not be measured by the ...

... called on to perform [hear, hear r]. His tellow-citizens had acted properly in losing no opportu- nity for the abolition of slavery. The legislature had paid 0,000,000 for the emancipation of slavers; bht, from the want of proper arrangements, thie wisliae ...

... The institution vwhich appears to have exercised muore of the author's thoughtful consideration than any other is that of slavery. Her deduetions, which are worked out rather fully, and supported by nu- merous mects, are however of a nature to please nei- ...

... now) that Mr. Lincoln was not an anti-slavery man until the war broke out, 11st be ignorant of the fact that his earliest political battles were foughf .itl Mer. Douglas on that very question. He always held that slavery was a crime, that the Legislature ...

... supply and demand exist, it is useless to hope that slavery will be done away with. The causes of the supply are the feuds of the Negro races, which will never end : the causes of demand are, that slavery is inherent in the religious system, inherent in ...

... Hammond, against all revilers of Slavery. It will be immediately seen that J. H. Hammond is a pious man. Of his spiritual sprinkling, as Mrs Cole calls it, Slavery has been the precious instrument. American Slavery is to Hammond what precious Mr Squintem ...

... In The Underground Railway from Slavery to Freedom (Macmnillan and Co.), Professor Wilbur Sibert gives an authentic account of one I of the most romantic aspects of the great agita- tion for the abolition of slavery in the (Unit4-d Stateh, which, after ...