ABSTRACT
A very slight acquaintance with the history of American slavery is sufficient to show that it is an evil of which it will be difficult to rid this country. Its origin in this country dates back to the landing of the pilgrims on Plymouth rock. The slaves numbered only twenty. They have now increased to the frightful number of three millions; and from that narrow plantation, they are now spread over by far the largest half of the American Union. Slavery forms an important part of the entire history of the American people. The very accompaniments of the slave system stamp it as the offspring of hell itself. he crime of teaching a slave to read is punishable with severe fines and imprisonment, and, in some instances, with death itself.
