Transcriber's note:
Hyphenation is inconsistent.
Obvious printer's errors have been corrected.
Page 49: 'Prior to the rise of the Abolitionists in 1831, emancipationists in the South had been free to grapple with conditions as they found them.'
The words "in the" have been supplied by the transcriber.
Index reference to Johnston, Sir Harry: the transcriber has changed page 257 to read 237.