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The slave trade

Chapter 37: Transcriber’s Notes
By Theodore D. Jervey
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The work offers a historical examination of slavery and race in the United States, tracing how colonial statutes, legal decisions, and public opinion evolved into contentious national debates. It follows developments from early laws and importation policies through Constitutional deliberations and the growing sectionalism that shaped political alignments. The narrative analyzes legislative measures, social attitudes toward color, and proposals for managing a large enslaved and free population, arguing that what began as a question of slavery became a broader conflict of color that continued to influence law, policy, and public discourse into the twentieth century.

Transcriber’s Notes

  • pg 10 Changed: the assent of their constitutents
    to: the assent of their constituents
  • pg 20 Changed: accompained by an ever increasing investment
    to: accompanied by an ever increasing investment
  • pg 55 Changed: so lamentable an occurence
    to: so lamentable an occurrence
  • pg 76 Changed: promotion of this homogeniety
    to: promotion of this homogeneity
  • pg 110 Changed: did’nt have a leg to stand upon
    to: didn’t have a leg to stand upon
  • pg 126 Changed: they were slighly surprised
    to: they were slightly surprised
  • pg 131 Changed: assailants with five casulties
    to: assailants with five casualties
  • pg 133 Changed: has in its revoluntionary progress
    to: has in its revolutionary progress
  • pg 146 Changed: whatever it may me called
    to: whatever it may be called
  • pg 150 Changed: peace between ‘the two countires
    to: peace between ‘the two countries
  • pg 152 Changed: the ruling politicial leaders
    to: the ruling political leaders
  • pg 158 Changed: comparitively small price
    to: comparatively small price
  • pg 160 Changed: securing wealth and properity
    to: securing wealth and prosperity
  • pg 163 Changed: who declared of this colored offical
    to: who declared of this colored official
  • pg 174 Changed: more properous and progressive
    to: more prosperous and progressive
  • pg 174 Changed: attain the full statue
    to: attain the full stature
  • pg 175 Changed: enlightment and progress
    to: enlightenment and progress
  • pg 178 Changed: Five yeare before Booker Washington
    to: Five years before Booker Washington
  • pg 196 Changed: Lower South the responsibilty
    to: Lower South the responsibility
  • pg 197 Changed: preventitive of the breaking up
    to: preventative of the breaking up
  • pg 197 Changed: seven-eighths of Caucasion blood
    to: seven-eighths of Caucasian blood
  • pg 203 Changed: all hopes of social eqality
    to: all hopes of social equality
  • pg 233 Changed: which if taken generaly
    to: which if taken generally
  • pg 243 Changed: Iimmigration Facts and Figures
    to: Immigration Facts and Figures
  • pg 305 Changed: Meanwhile the mass are growing
    to: Meanwhile the masses are growing
  • pg 338 Changed: eternal langour is right and good
    to: eternal languor is right and good