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| PREFACE |
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CHAPTER I. - MISSOURI SLAVERY AS AN ECONOMIC SYSTEM |
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Development of the System |
9 |
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The Size of Slave Holdings |
13 |
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The Labor of the Slave |
18 |
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The Hire of the Slave |
28 |
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The Value of the Slave |
37 |
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The Slave as an Article of Commerce |
44 |
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The Profitaleness of Slavery in Missouri |
53 |
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CHAPTER II. - THE SLAVE BEFORE THE LAW
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The Legal basis of the Slaery System |
57 |
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The Missouri Slave Law |
59 |
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The Slave as Property |
60 |
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Civil Status of the Slave |
63 |
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Indian Slaves |
79 |
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CHAPTER III. - THE SOCIAL STATUS OF THE SLAVE
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The Religion and Education of the Slave |
82 |
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Marriage |
87 |
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Crime |
89 |
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Treatment of the Slave |
90 |
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CHAPTER IV. - THE SLAVERY ISSUE IN POLITICS AND IN THE
CHURCHES
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Slavery and State-Rights |
100 |
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Emancipation as a Political Issue |
109 |
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The Mormons and Slavery |
122 |
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The Platte Purchase |
124 |
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The Slavery Issue in the Churches |
126 |
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CHAPTER V. - SENATOR BENTON AND SLAVERY
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The Beginnings of Abolition Agitation |
134 |
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Annexation of Texas Favored in Missouri |
137 |
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Benton's Stand on the Texas Question |
142 |
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Benton's "Appeal" and Defeat |
155 |
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Conservatism of the Whigs |
159 |
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Germans Opposed to Slavery |
165 |
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Intolerance toward Agitators |
170 |
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CHAPTER VI. - MISSOURI AND KANSAS
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Missouri a Slavery Frontier |
173 |
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Legislation to Prevent Escape of Slaves |
174 |
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Free Kansas a Menace to Missouri |
185 |
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Missouri Slaveholders in the Fight for
Kansas |
192 |
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Heavy Loss of Slave Property in Missouri
by Underground Railroad |
202 |
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CHAPTER VII - MANUMISSION, COLONIZATION, AND
EMANCIPATION
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Legal Conditions of Manumission |
208 |
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Suits for Freedom |
211 |
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Purchases of Freedom |
219 |
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Number of Manumissions and Status of
Free Blacks |
223 |
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Missouri State Colonization Society |
227 |
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Fremont's Proclamation |
232 |
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Abolition of Slavery by State Convention |
233 |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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