An edition of Writings on slavery and the American Civil War
(2002)
Writings on slavery and the American Civil War
by Harriet Martineau
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Antislavery movements, History, Political and social views, Slavery, Social aspects, Social aspects of Slavery, Social conditions, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Martineau, harriet, 1802-1876, Antislavery movements, united statesPlaces
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: The Theory and Practice of Society in America ix
TPartI: THE AMERICAN TRAVEL WRITINGS 3
Society in America, 1837 5
Introduction 9
Citizenship of People of Colour 10
Morals of Economy 13
Morals of Slavery 14
Morals of Commerce 21
Morals of Economy II 23
Retrospect of Western Travel, 1838 24
First Sight of Slavery 25
Country Life in the South 28
City Life in the South 29
Restless Slaves 32
New Orleans 36
Signs of the Times in Massachusetts 37
Three Letters on America 39
Harriet Martineau to the Spectator, 14 October 1837 39
Harriet Martineau to the Spectator, 21 October 1837 41
Harriet Martineau to Abby Kelley, 20 June 1838 42
The Martyr Age of the United States, 1839 44
CPartII: NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS 81
The Liberty Bell, 1839-1858 83
"Harriet Martineau to Elizabeth Pease," 1845 85
London's Daily News, 1852-1866 89
"Harriet Beecher Stowe," 12 May 1853 90
"Fugitive Slave Law," 8June 1855 94
"Kansas," 10 October 1856 97
"Dred Scott and States' Rights," 18 June 1857 99
"Liberia," 20 November 1858 102
"Black Insurrections; Harper's Ferry," 2 November 1859 105
"The Burial of John Brown," 3 January 1860 108
"Election of Abraham Lincoln," 22 November 1860 112
"Anarchy in the South," 29 January 1861 115
"Emancipation Proclamation," 10 October 1862 119
"William Lloyd Garrison and the Liberator," 9 January 1866 122
The Spectator, 1858 126
"American Domestic Policy at the Centre and Circumference," 15 May 1858 127
"What Is the South?" 28 August 1858 131
"The Hour of Proof," 9 October 1858 134
"The World's Interest in the West," 27 November 1858 136
The National Anti-Slavery Standard, 1859-1862 140
"John Brown," 17 December 1859 143
"John Brown; South's Political Posturing," 24 December 1859 145
"Death of John Brown; Bias-in the Times," 28 January 1860 147
"The Morrill Tariff," 1 June 1861 150
"The Morrill Tariff," 7 September 1861 151
"Mason and Slidell: The Trent Affair," 28 December 1861 153
"The Trent Affair; War with England Averted," 15 February 1862 156
"The Final Break," 1 March 1862 162
Once a Week, 1861-1862 165
"New Phase of the American Strife," 30 November 1861 166
"Much Right and Much Wrong," 25 January 1862 173
"The Slave Difficulty in America," 1 February 1862 180
"Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia," 24 May 1862 186
Part III: JOURNAL ARTICLES 193
Interpreting the Sectional Divide, 1854-1857 195
"Freedom, or Slavery?" 1854 195
A History of the American Compromises, 1856 202
"'Manifest Destiny' of the American Union," 1857 223
On the Eve of War, 1858-1860 242
"The Slave-Trade in 1858," 1858 242
"The United States under the Presidentship of Mr. Buchanan," 1860 271
War and Reconstruction, 1862-1864 286
"The Brewing of the American Storm," 1862 286
"The Negro Race in America," 1864 295
Appendix: Itinerary of Harriet Martineau's American Tour 315
Notes 319
Works Cited 341
Index 345.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-343) and index.
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