Review Of The Slave Question - Softcover

Jesse Burton Harrison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371730295 ISBN 13: 9780371730294

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Review Of The Slave Question by Jesse Burton Harrison. This analysis, drawn from the American Quarterly Review (December 1832), discusses the slavery issue in Virginia and the United States, focusing on a calm, extensive critique of the position that slavery obstructs the prosperity of slaveholding states. The piece centers on the Speech of Thomas Marshall of Fauquier, examining its claims and the broader implications for Virginia, and it argues that the institution of slavery injures the whites as well as the enslaved, undermining public spirit, agriculture, labor, and immigration. It outlines a detailed, often critical survey of the economic and social costs of slavery, including its effects on industry, population dynamics, and the erosion of free labor. The author advances a cautious, gradual approach to emancipation and deportation, including colonization of emancipated African Americans to Africa (notably Liberia), funded by the proceeds of public lands and possible compensation to masters, and emphasizes the role of public opinion and moral duty in shaping policy. It also discusses the American Colonization Society’s plan and the broader abolitionist context of the time.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371730295
• ISBN 13: 9780371730294
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 56