{"product_id":"2940013673663","title":"THE ANTI-SLAVERY CRUSADE, A CHRONICLE OF THE GATHERING STORM","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     I.    INTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     II.   THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE CRUSADE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     III.  EARLY CRUSADERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     IV.   THE TURNING-POINT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     V.    THE VINDICATION OF LIBERTY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     VI.   THE SLAVERY ISSUE IN POLITICS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     VII.  THE PASSING OF THE WHIG PARTY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     VIII. THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     IX.   BOOKS AS ANTI-SLAVERY WEAPONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     X.   \"BLEEDING KANSAS\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XI.   CHARLES SUMNER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XII.  KANSAS AND BUCHANAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XIII. THE SUPREME COURT IN POLITICS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XIV.  JOHN BROWN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE ANTI-SLAVERY CRUSADE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln marks the beginning\u003cbr\u003eof the end of a long chapter in human history. Among the earliest\u003cbr\u003eforms of private property was the ownership of slaves. Slavery as an\u003cbr\u003einstitution had persisted throughout the ages, always under protest,\u003cbr\u003ealways provoking opposition, insurrection, social and civil war, and\u003cbr\u003eever bearing within itself the seeds of its own destruction. Among the\u003cbr\u003ehistoric powers of the world the United States was the last to uphold\u003cbr\u003eslavery, and when, a few years after Lincoln's proclamation, Brazil\u003cbr\u003eemancipated her slaves, property in man as a legally recognized\u003cbr\u003einstitution came to an end in all civilized countries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmancipation in the United States marked the conclusion of a century of\u003cbr\u003econtinuous debate, in which the entire history of western civilization\u003cbr\u003ewas traversed. The literature of American slavery is, indeed, a summary\u003cbr\u003eof the literature of the world on the subject. The Bible was made a\u003cbr\u003estandard text-book both for and against slavery. Hebrew and Christian\u003cbr\u003eexperiences were exploited in the interest of the contending parties\u003cbr\u003ein this crucial controversy. Churches of the same name and order\u003cbr\u003ewere divided among themselves and became half pro-slavery and half\u003cbr\u003eanti-slavery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGreek experience and Greek literature were likewise drawn into the\u003cbr\u003econtroversy. The Greeks themselves had set the example of arguing both\u003cbr\u003efor and against slavery. Their practice and their prevailing teaching,\u003cbr\u003ehowever, gave support to this institution. They clearly enunciated the\u003cbr\u003edoctrine that there is a natural division among human beings; that some\u003cbr\u003eare born to command and others to obey; that it is natural to some men\u003cbr\u003eto be masters and to others to be slaves; that each of these classes\u003cbr\u003eshould fulfill the destiny which nature assigns. The Greeks also\u003cbr\u003erecognized a difference between races and held that some were by\u003cbr\u003enature fitted to serve as slaves, and others to command as masters. The\u003cbr\u003edefenders of American slavery therefore found among the writings of the\u003cbr\u003eGreeks their chief arguments already stated in classic form.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070174249200,"sku":"2940013673663","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013673663_p0.jpg?v=1763583795","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013673663","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}