CHAPTER VI

.—PROTECTIVE ACTS WITH REGARD TO FOOD AND RAIMENT,

LABOR, ETC. 90

Illustrative drama of Tom _v._ Legree, under the law of South Carolina.—Separation of parent and child.

## CHAPTER VII .—THE EXECUTION OF JUSTICE. 92

State _v._ Eliza Rowand.—The “Ægis of protection” to the slave’s life.

## CHAPTER VIII .—THE GOOD OLD TIMES. 99

## CHAPTER IX .—MODERATE CORRECTION AND ACCIDENTAL DEATH.—STATE _v._

CASTLEMAN. 100

## CHAPTER X .—PRINCIPLES ESTABLISHED.—STATE _v._ LEGREE; A CASE NOT

IN THE BOOKS. 103

## CHAPTER XI .—THE TRIUMPH OF JUSTICE OVER LAW. 104

## CHAPTER XII .—A COMPARISON OF THE ROMAN LAW OF SLAVERY WITH THE

AMERICAN. 107

## CHAPTER XIII .—THE MEN BETTER THAN THEIR LAWS. 110

## CHAPTER XIV .—THE HEBREW SLAVE-LAW COMPARED WITH THE AMERICAN

SLAVE-LAW. 115

## CHAPTER XV .—SLAVERY IS DESPOTISM. 120

## PART III.

## CHAPTER I .—DOES PUBLIC OPINION PROTECT THE SLAVE? p. 124

## CHAPTER II .—PUBLIC OPINION FORMED BY EDUCATION. 129

Early training.—“The spirit of the press.”

## CHAPTER III .—SEPARATION OF FAMILIES. 133

The facts in the case.—Humane dealers.—The exigences of trade.

## CHAPTER IV .—THE SLAVE-TRADE. 143

What sustains slavery?—The FACTS again, and the comments of Southern men.—The poetry of the slave-trade.

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