The abolition of slavery
Subtitle: the right of the government under the war power
Contributors: Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848, author, former owner; Giddings, Joshua R. (Joshua Reed), 1795-1864, author; Brownson, Orestes Augustus, 1803-1876, author; Bartlett, Wm. P. J., former owner
Publisher: R.F. Wallcut
Published: 1862
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Politics and government; Slavery; Abolitionists
Other titles: Pamphlets.Slavery.Legal aspect;; Emancipation under the war power
Notes: Cover title.

Caption title: Emancipation under the war power.

Edited by William Lloyd Garrison.

Includes extracts from the speeches and correspondence of John Quincy Adams, J.R. Giddings, O.A. Brownson et al.

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy ex libris (inscription): J.Q. Adams, Wm. P.J. Bartlett.

Bound volume contains: 1. State of New York, in Supreme Court, Seth W. Benedict, ads. Daniel D. Nash / by Seth Williston Benedict. -- 2. Constitutional argument against american slavery / by Gerrit Smith. -- 3. Views of American Constitutional Law in its bearing upon american slavery / by William Goodell. -- 4. The Fugitive Slave Bill: its history and unconstitutionality... . -- 5. The Fugitive Slave Law and its victims. -- 6. A sketch of the laws relating to slavery... / by George M. Strout. -- 7. The duty of disobedience to the Fugitive Slave Act... / by L. Maria Child. -- 8. Speech of John Hossack convicted of a violation of the Fugitive Slave Law... . -- 9. Rights and duties of the United States relative to slavery under the laws of the war... / by David Lee Child. -- 10. The abolition of slavery: the right of the government under the war power. -- 11. The Law of Slavery in the United States / by Christian Charles Josias Bunsen. -- 12. The Commander-in-Chief... / by Grosvenor P. Lowrey. -- 13. Illegality of slavery / by Benjamin Shaw.