GEORGE S. MERRIAM
CONTENTS
THE NEGRO AND THE NATION
CHAPTER I HOW SLAVERY GREW IN AMERICA
CHAPTER II THE ACTS OF THE FATHERS
CHAPTER III CONFLICT AND COMPROMISE
CHAPTER IV THE WIDENING RIFT
CHAPTER V CALHOUN AND GARRISON
CHAPTER VI BIRNEY, CHANNING, AND WEBSTER
CHAPTER VII THE UNDERLYING FORCES
CHAPTER VIII THE MEXICAN WAR
CHAPTER IX HOW DEAL WITH THE TERRITORIES?
CHAPTER X THE COMPROMISE OF 1850
CHAPTER XI A LULL AND A RETROSPECT
CHAPTER XII SLAVERY AS IT WAS
CHAPTER XIII THE STRUGGLE FOR KANSAS
CHAPTER XIV "FREMONT AND FREEDOM"
CHAPTER XV THREE TYPICAL SOUTHERNERS
CHAPTER XVI SOME NORTHERN LEADERS
CHAPTER XVII DRED SCOTT AND LECOMPTON
CHAPTER XVIII JOHN BROWN
CHAPTER XIX ABRAHAM LINCOLN
CHAPTER XX THE ELECTION OF 1860
CHAPTER XXI FACE TO FACE
CHAPTER XXII HOW THEY DIFFERED
CHAPTER XXIII WHY THEY FOUGHT
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV THE CIVIL WAR
CHAPTER XXVI EMANCIPATION BEGUN
CHAPTER XXVII EMANCIPATION ACHIEVED
CHAPTER XXVIII RECONSTRUCTION: EXPERIMENTS AND IDEALS
CHAPTER XXIX RECONSTRUCTION: THE FIRST PLAN
CHAPTER XXX CONGRESS AND THE "BLACK CODES"
CHAPTER XXXI RECONSTRUCTION: THE SECOND PLAN
CHAPTER XXXII RECONSTRUCTION: THE FINAL PLAN
CHAPTER XXXIII RECONSTRUCTION: THE WORKING OUT
CHAPTER XXXIV THREE TROUBLED STATES
CHAPTER XXXV RECONSTRUCTION: THE LAST ACT
CHAPTER XXXVI REGENERATION
CHAPTER XXXVII ARMSTRONG
CHAPTER XXXVIII EVOLUTION
CHAPTER XXXIX EBB AND FLOW
CHAPTER XL LOOKING FORWARD
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