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CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER XXII. | |
| Slavery under the Confederation. — Emancipation by the States | |
| Number of Slaves in the United States at the period of the declaration of Independence. — Proportion in each of the thirteen States. — Declaration against slavery in the State Constitution of Delaware. — Constitutions of Massachusetts and New Hampshire held to prohibit slavery, by Supreme Courts, 1783. — Act of Pennsylvania Assembly, 1780, forbids introduction of slaves, and gives freedom to all persons thereafter born in that State. — A similar law enacted in Connecticut and Rhode Island, 1784. — Virginia Assembly prohibits further introduction of slaves, 1778, and emancipation encouraged, 1782. — Maryland enacts similar laws, 1783. — Opinions of Washington, Jefferson, and Patrick Henry. — New York and New Jersey prohibit further introduction of slaves. — North Carolina declares further introduction of slaves highly impolitic, 1786. — Example of other States not followed by Georgia and South Carolina. — Action of Congress on the subject of the Territories, 1784. — Jefferson's provision excluding slavery, struck out of ordinance. — Proceedings of 1787. — Ordinance for the government of the territory north-west of the Ohio, including Jefferson's provision prohibiting slavery, passed by unanimous vote | 388 |
| CHAPTER XXIII. | |
| Formation of the Constitution — Slavery Compromises. | |
| Convention assembles at Philadelphia, 1787. — Proceedings in reference to the slave basis of representation, the second compromise of the Constitution. — Debate. — Remarks of Patterson, Wilson, King, Gouverneur Morris, and Sherman. — Debate on the Importation of slaves, by Rutledge, Ellsworth, Sherman, C. Pinckney. — Denunciation of slavery by Mason of Virginia. — The third Compromise, the continuance of the African slave-trade for twenty years, and the unrestricted power of Congress to enact Navigation laws | 392 |
| CHAPTER XXIV. | |
| Political History of Slavery in the United States from 1789 to 1800 | |
| First session of First Congress, 1789. — Tariff bill — duty imposed on imported slaves. — The Debate — views of Roger Sherman, Fisher Ames, Madison, &c. — Review of the state of slavery in the States in 1790-Second session. — Petitions from the Quakers of Pennsylvania, Deleware and New York. — Petition of Pennsylvania Society, signed by Franklin. — Exciting debate — power of Congress over slavery. — Census of 1790. — Slave population. — Vermont the first State to abolish and prohibit slavery. — Constitution of Kentucky — provisions in respect to slavery. — Session of 1791. — Memorials for suppression of slave-trade, from Virginia, Maryland, New York, &c. — The Right of Petition discussed. — First fugitive slave law, 1793. First law to suppress African Slave Trade, 1794. — The Quakers again, 1797 — their emancipated slaves reduced again to slavery, under expost facto law of North Carolina. — Mississippi territory — slavery clause debated. — Foreign slaves prohibited. — Constitution of Georgia — importation of slaves prohibited, 1798 — provisions against cruelty to slaves. — New York provides for gradual extinguishment of slavery, 1799. — Failure of similar attempt in Kentucky. — Colored citizens of Pennsylvania petition Congress against Fugitive Slave law and slave-trade — their petition referred to a committee; bill reported and passed, 1800 | 403 |
