Tract : The patriarchal institution, as described by members of its own family. 1860

Tract : The patriarchal institution, as described by members of its own family. 1860

This compilation, pulled together by abolitionist and author Lydia Maria Child, makes an anti-slavery argument through quotes pulled from Southern newspapers, fugitive slave notices, laws, political figures, authors, religious figures, abolitionists, and other prominent figures, according to various subject areas, including:

• Southern Prophecies
• Southern Fulfillment of the Preceding Prophecies
• Southern Statements of the Happiness of Slaves
• Southern Proofs that Slaves are "Happy and Contented"
• Southern Proofs of the "Chivalrous and High-Minded Character" Produced by Slavery
• Southern Proofs that "the Physical Condition of Slaves is Better than that of Northern Laborers"
• Southern Prospects for Northern Laborers and Mechanics
• Southern Testimony Concerning the Effects of Slavery on the States
• Southern Opinions Concerning the Extension of Slavery
• Southern and Northern Democrats Now Leagued for the Extension of Slavery

1860

Abolitionists
Antislavery movements
Fugitive slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States
Slavery--United States
Slavery--United States--Controversial literature

Child, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880, Compiler

New York : American Anti-Slavery Society

55 p.

DOCU-1860-03

Tracts (documents)

18 cm.

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