CHAPTER XI

THE FINAL CRISIS, 1850-1870

80. _The Movement against the Slave-Trade Laws_ 168 81. _Commercial Conventions of 1855-1856_ 169 82. _Commercial Conventions of 1857-1858_ 170 83. _Commercial Convention of 1859_ 172 84. _Public Opinion in the South_ 173 85. _The Question in Congress_ 174 86. _Southern Policy in 1860_ 176 87. _Increase of the Slave-Trade from 1850 to 1860_ 178 88. _Notorious Infractions of the Laws_ 179 89. _Apathy of the Federal Government_ 182 90. _Attitude of the Southern Confederacy_ 187 91. _Attitude of the United States_ 190