CONTENTS.


CHAPTER I.
Introductory[9]
CHAPTER II.
The African Slave Trade[27]
CHAPTER III.
Legal Status of Slavery in the United States[61]
CHAPTER IV.
History of Emancipation[79]
CHAPTER V.
The Old Testament Argument[94]
The Curse upon Canaan[101]
Abraham a Slaveholder[104]
Hagar Remanded to Slavery by God[110]
Slavery in the Laws of Moses[114]
Slavery in the Decalogue[122]
Objections to the Old Testament Argument[124]
CHAPTER VI.
The New Testament Argument[146]
Definition of Δουλος[146]
Slavery often mentioned; yet not condemned[149]
Christ Applauds a Slaveholder[153]
The Apostles Separate Slavery and its Abuses[155]
Slavery no Essential Religious Evil[158]
Slaveholders fully Admitted to Church-membership[161]
Relative Duties of Masters and Slaves Recognized[167]
Philemon and Onesimus[176]
St. Paul Reprobates Abolitionists[185]
The Golden Rule Compatible with Slavery[192]
Was Christ Afraid to Condemn Slavery?[198]
CHAPTER VII.
The Ethical Argument[209]
Misrepresentations Cleared[213]
The Rights of Man and Slavery[241]
Abolitionism is Jacobinism[262]
Labour of Another may be Property[271]
The Slave Received due Wages[273]
Effects of Slavery on Moral Character[276]
Slavery and the African Slave Trade[288]
The Morality of Slavery Vindicated by its Results[293]
CHAPTER VIII.
Economical Effects of Slavery[295]
Slavery and Republican Government[297]
Slavery and Malthusianism[303]
Comparative Productiveness of Slave Labour[317]
Effects of Slavery in the South, compared with those of Free
Labour in the North
[331]
Effects of Slavery on Population, Disease, and Crime[340]
CHAPTER IX.
Conclusion[349]