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| CHAPTER V. | |
| FAILURE OF MEASURES TO DESTROY THE SLAVE TRADE. | |
| The Traffic still continued — Increased cruelties of it — Complicity of our own country — Refusal to join with England and France in its suppression — Conduct of Mexico in Contrast — Causes of the Failure in this Country — The Slave Trade a legitimate Product of Slavery — Annexation of Texas — War with Mexico — Feeling in England in Relation to our Conduct | 69 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| EVIDENCES OF THE REVIVAL OF THE SLAVE TRADE IN THE UNITED STATES. | |
| The South not unanimous in favor of such revival — Need of support to those who oppose it — The magnitude of the evil no safeguard against it — Difficult to obtain Evidence of its present Extent — Statistics of the Trade — The yacht "Wanderer" — The "Echo" — Other instances — Advertisement of newly imported slaves for sale — Statement of a United States Senator — Statements of Southern Papers — Southern Politicians — Public Meetings — Protest of Grand Jury against the outlawry of the Traffic — Opinions of Eminent Statesmen — Hon. H. W. Davis — Resolutions of Legislature of New York, | 84 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| CONCLUSION. | |
| Effects of Reopening the Traffic — Upon the Secular Interests of the Country — Upon its Religious Interest — Appeal to the Nation — Responsibility upon the Churches | 97 |
