INTRODUCTION.
PART I.
CHAPTER I.
African Servitude .-- A Retrospect .-- Early Legislation with Regard to the Slave-Trade .-- The Southern States foremost in prohibiting it .-- A Common Error corrected .-- The Ethical Question never at Issue in Sectional Controversies .-- The Acquisition of Louisiana .-- The Missouri Compromise .-- The Balance of Power .-- Note .-- The Indiana Case..