Excerpt from Slavery and Abolition, 1831-1841, Vol. 16 of 27 The first three chapters of this volume describe the social and economic background of the struggle. Chapters v. To ix. Are devoted to a description of the master and slave as they lived together in a social combination Which could be shaken apart only by a great convulsion. Chapters x. To xvii. Take up the obverse of the medal, the abolitionists and their methods and relation to master, slave, and government. Chapters xviii. And xix. Carry the con troversy into the national government. Chapter xx. Is on the political events of Van Buren's administra tion. Chapter xxi. Is a summary of the actual effects of the movement. The authorities upon Which the volume is based are in part enumerated in chapter xxii. But such references cannot include the per sonal impressions gained from association With southern Whites, With the descendants of slaves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.