This representation is doubtless believed by many northern people; and this may account, in part, for the lack of interest which we find among persons whom we are bound to believe to be honest and humane.

What, then, are the facts?
Here I will not quote my own experience in slavery; for this you might call one-sided testimony.

I will not cite the declarations of abolitionists; for these you might pronounce exaggerations.

I will not rely upon advertisements cut from newspapers; for these you might call isolated cases.

But I will refer you to the laws adopted by the legislatures of the slave states.