Marryat explains that the young nation’s leading figures, such as Thomas Jefferson and a number of other politicians, owned children they had with enslaved women.
Marryat explains that the young nation’s leading figures, such as Thomas Jefferson and a number of other politicians, owned children they had with enslaved women.
Marryat explains that the young nation’s leading figures, such as Thomas Jefferson and a number of other politicians, owned children they had with enslaved women.
The author made four key points: that God sanctioned slavery, that the United States protected slavery in the Constitution, that the law recognized slavery, and that slavery as a southern practice should be characterized as one “full of mercy.”
The author made four key points: that God sanctioned slavery, that the United States protected slavery in the Constitution, that the law recognized slavery, and that slavery as a southern practice should be characterized as one “full of mercy.”
Christy argued that immediate abolition remained an impossibility because of the moral inferiority of people of African descent and the global dependence on cotton. He referred to the abolitionist movement as “fruitless warfare” and championed the colonization movement, which focused on the relocation of free Black people.
Christy argued that immediate abolition remained an impossibility because of the moral inferiority of people of African descent and the global dependence on cotton. He referred to the abolitionist movement as “fruitless warfare” and championed the colonization movement, which focused on the relocation of free Black people.
Christy argued that immediate abolition remained an impossibility because of the moral inferiority of people of African descent and the global dependence on cotton. He referred to the abolitionist movement as “fruitless warfare” and championed the colonization movement, which focused on the relocation of free Black people.
Christy argued that immediate abolition remained an impossibility because of the moral inferiority of people of African descent and the global dependence on cotton. He referred to the abolitionist movement as “fruitless warfare” and championed the colonization movement, which focused on the relocation of free Black people.
This copy was originally owned by a formerly enslaved woman, Mrs. Annie Greene, who, according to the inscription, became a fashion writer in Buffalo, New York from 1890-1940. As most enslaved women were forbidden to read or own a book, Greene likely treasured this source, as it gave her not only access to vibrant illustrations and descriptions, but inspiration that drove her own economic mobility.
