The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1852-12-29


"SLIvERY AsD ANrISLAvERr; A History Of
the G sat Struggle in Both H..m'sphere-; With
View of the Slavery @ I-si,on III the United
States. BY Wli,auIGo .deii. Au'hnr OF the De-
mtc, acy OF Citi-taDiry. Wiimm Harmed. 40,
Be..kman Street. PIP. GOA. 8 o.''
Such volume as this las been long great de-
s.ie,ntum. And 81 admirably has this dssdrr"tum
been rsnl zsd Ivy that volume that but hal
the appearances oil the latter thing OF JOY to all
lovers of history. AnIi Slavery has had. and his
many n!ef..iglrle aud i4t fu COLI ctors ct facts
w thin the Aau Siav-ry sphere; bat amo1g the"'
alt, We Know of who has lubored go l.ns, go
i,llgenty, aud successfully III that direction. rs
William Gnnd-l!. Some sixteen years ago even.
found in him most reliable guide IN all mai
tiers of fact relating /" tins great subject; aud we
believe our own rx,,erieac. in tho premises has
been that of older abl-r, and batter liters in the
c.u-s of which Mr.. q. may now well claim to b-
the liisl orip.
We. therefore. most heartily commend to The
pubic favor Til, last snd best of Mr.. Guo'lr . co'-
,,ibut,ons to our Americnn lite. AZURE. And lei IL
s,v that wtosn~yrr is ignnrant Of the his'nry OF
the rreat nov-rnrut on which C.ark-nD was Ih-
first t., succeed in largely fixing the pubic ait"n
non of England and the world. winch 10 ow agl-
rn,ns sunlry foreign c"nitri~s. and which IN ""'
own couai,y is the great central t1pc OF "si-
alton. despite Of Whatever cons. iaciss. Foc-l
or +ecla-ias,cnI TO lu it 10 relos whose. let H.
s,y ;s unaraiainf-d with this great ven,eni's >
history is in our Judgment isn"r'n' OF "ne OF sh-
worl,,. most important and most Intensely interest
ing his orica ch4mes.
W., tnow not how we can give our readers
better idea what they may fin in this h story
,h,n by copying the he "l'ngs OF tho au no : ht5
chapters. And here they are:
Magnitude ana necessity of tie struggle: Orig
in of tie mo lem Slave Ira ie an Slavery; S IL
very and the Slave Trade !" thu b itsh Z 'i''no-
in Natt Am-rlcn, row the Uarlted States; Early
,e tiinnniss asainst S avery aad the Slave Frnde :;
Ae;ion If religious dies agnnst the Shvs Fra'ie
sni Slavery. commencing hrfo'e tn" American
R-v,ut,u, and the r.suta; OF Slavery aud its
abolition in E,gnni; Or efforts for ab fishing the
African Slave Trade; Peri"d OF fhe Amnr'e IN
Rev .lution, and the establishment OF an indei'rni-
.nt G yernnenf; Era oil firrn"g tn" Federal Com
-iiu ion; or direct anti Slavery efforts. including
ecclesiastical Hc,n. fruml the period OF the Rev,
tut IN 10 the close of the Inst century; and 'he
nh lrion OF Slavery in the Nnrthern S'ate~: De
cline tf the spi Of Liberty. and growth OF Sia
very since ihs Rev ,ut n; their c'iIsss ani early
mnnif-stnton ons Position of the American Church
es respecting Sinyery durag the fist half OF the
Ninet-.n:h Ceutury.-L. Me'hntist Efiscop+'
Church; Position OF the American Churches. Nc
tcoatnupd) - IL. The Prrsby'eiian C"urcf; TO
>ition sf the Amarcan Chui ches. DC. (con'i"u"'')
III. Co1er-gatnnss's Position ct til" Am"ri
eau Chu,cIies. &c. ,(rontinned).- ~. B"pf SIS;
Position of the American Gnu chez, &c. &c 'ptinn-
-d) w. The Pr,drst,nr Epsc pal church,; Po
.itinn of the American Church-s, &C. ('"n'i"ued)
vi. Other Secfs-General view; Po 'iflnn u
the American Churc es, Sc. (continu~d) VII.
Voluntary Ass citations connected wrh several
Sects-Conclrs on; Acti,n Of the Federal Govern
men', Ia the cluse .f the fs Presidential Admi"-
,-ira,io; Subsequent actI'n OF the F~'i-'ai q "
ernmsnt--C 10, cd peori---Slave ferri'"'y--Nrw
Snve Stttes--F-deral Dsiric-; Further acton o
the Federal Governmeni--Amriic lean Save L ade
--Afican Slave Trade; Further nc ion OF The Fed
eral Gov. RI nment--Co iinned subsrrvi-ncy oi tie
i na i,nai diplomacy TO the demunds OF The SsVe
holders; Further sction Of the Federal Govern
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