Contents Introduction xiii Chronology xxi 1. Documents through 1860 1 Abolition Frowned Down (Lithograph), 1839 1 2 A View of the Action of the Federal Government in Behalf of Slavery, 1844 2 3 “Thoughts on Slavery,” 1848 5 4 Slavery and the Constitution, 1849 7 5 ‘The Higher Law’ in Its Application to the Fugitive Slave Bill,” November 1850 9 6 ­ Uncle Tom’s Cabin or, Life among the Lowly, 1851–1852 12 7 Aunt Phillis’s Cabin or, Southern Life As It Is, 1852 17 8 Negroes and Negro Slavery, 1853 21 9 The North and the South, 1854 23 10 “What Makes Slavery a Question of National Concern?” 1855 25 11 Forcing Slavery Down the Throat of a Freesoiler (Lithograph), 1856 27 12 The Demo­ cratic Platform (Lithograph), 1856 29 13 “­ Dixie’s Land” (Song), 1859 30 14 “The Crisis,” 1860 32 15 “Benedict’s ‘Wide Awake’ Poem,” 1860 36 16 “The Union Must Be Preserved! Four Crisis Letters,” 1860 41
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