Slavery,
beginnings in United States,
40
;
early view of system,
40
;
legal recognition,
41
;
prohibited in Georgia,
43
;
legislation in Virginia,
43
;
Virginia statute of 1662,
44
,
45
;
relation to Christian baptism,
44
;
Virginia code of 1705,
45
;
legislation on public relations of slavery,
46
;
law of slavery before the Revolution,
46
;
substantially abolished in Massachusetts,
48
;
legislation in Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia,
48
;
letter of Luther Martin,
49
,
50
;
in Constitution of 1787,
50
;
status in Georgia and North Carolina cessions and in Kentucky,
50
,
51
,
56
;
passage of fugitive slave law,
51
;
abolition of slave trade by Congress,
51
;
relation to cotton culture,
52
,
53
;
in Louisiana territory,
54
,
55
,
57
,
65
,
72
,
88
;
in Orleans Territory,
55
;
in Louisiana Territory,
55
,
56
;
in Missouri Territory and Commonwealth of Missouri,
56
,
65
;
effect of abolition of foreign slave-trade,
57
;
domestic slave-trade,
57
,
58
;
relation of slavery to diplomacy,
58
;
international status,
59
;
relation of slavery to public policy,
60
;
status in various States,
62
,
63
;
division of Congress on territorial basis as to slavery,
63
;
in the Territories,
63
;
in Northwest Territory,
69
;
in the Tallmadge amendment,
73
;
slavery in Territories,
75
;
Taylor's plan as to Missouri,
75
,
76
,
78
;
Storrs's plan as to Missouri,
78
;
Taylor's motion,
78
et seq.;
motion of Thomas,
84
,
87
,
88
;
relation of slavery to Missouri struggle,
92
,
93
,
106
,
107
;
status of slavery in 1776, 1787, 1820,
93
;
slavery in national politics after 1820,
108
;
relation of slavery to protection,
109
,
110
;
relation of slavery to Panama Congress,
151
;
relation to tariff,
157
;
relation to Maysville road bill,
168
;
relation to internal improvements, to Missouri struggle, and to tariff of 1828,
170
;
view of Hayne and McDuffie,
177
;
relation to the Bank question,
198
;
effect of race domination,
244
;
as regarded before 1830,
244
;
humanitarianism of 1830,
244
;
the philosophy of abolition and of its opponents,
245
;
the true philosophy,
245
,
246
;
slavery in the Constitution,
246-248
;
possible ways of attacking slavery,
248
;
Southampton insurrection,
248
,
249
;
Floyd's message,
249
(
see
Petition, Right of
);
declaration of war by Slade,
258
;
the contest precipitated,
260
;
the Pinckney resolutions evoked,
261
;
relation to denial of right of petition,
263
,
264
;
views of Rives,
265-267
;
views of Calhoun,
265-268
;
significance of the contest over petitions and the mails,
274-277
;
relation of Whig principles to slavery,
283
;
relation of Whig and Democratic parties to slavery extension,
287
,
288
;
slavery in Florida constitution of 1838,
290
;
slavery in the Texas constitution of 1836,
294
;
relation of slavery to recognition of Texas,
296
;
relation of slavery to question of Texan annexation,
300
,
301
,
302
;
Clay's views of relation of slavery and annexation,
319
;
relation of slavery to Mexican War,
330
,
331
;
the Wilmot proviso,
335
,
336
;
Cass's view of relation of Mexican war and slavery,
338
;
Thompson's amendment,
341
;
Burt's motion as to the Wilmot proviso,
341
,
342
;
meaning of Rhett's views,
343
;
views of Calhoun and Davis as to slavery in territories,
344
;
Democratic platform of 1848,
344
,
345
;
Cass's letter to Nicholson,
345
;
Whig platform of 1848,
345
;
the Clayton bill,
346
,
347
;
Free-soil platform of 1848,
347
,
348
;
as to signature of Oregon bill,
348
;
Douglas's and Smith's bills,
349
;
Berrien's report,
349
,
350
;
views of Berrien and Webster on slavery in Mexican acquisitions,
351
,
352
;
Taylor's message of December 4, 1849,
354
;
indication of policy in the Foote bill,
354
;
relation of slavery to question of Texan boundary,
354
,
355
;
question of slavery in District of Columbia,
355
;
Clay's plan of compromise,
355