History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America Vol. 1<br><br>I propose to write a history of the beginning and growth the expansion and extinction of slavery; also of the develop ment and extirpation of the Slave Power. This work will be comprised in three volumes of some one hundred and thirty chapters and about two thousand pages. The first and sec ond volumes will trace slavery and portray its in?uences from its introduction in 1620 to the opening of the civil war. The third volume will describe that series of measures by which slavery was extinguished and the Slave Power broken the Union reconstructed on the basis of freedom and citizenship with civil and political rights assured to all. The second vol ume will be published next year and the third in the year following.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.