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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00267.056 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1851 |
| Title | Slavery in the United States: its evils, alleviations and remedies |
| Date | 1851 |
| Author | Peabody, Ephraim (1807-1856) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Reprinted from the North American Review. Sees colonization as the only solution to slavery. "Were legal slavery abolished at the South, it would probably be centuries before it could be abolished from the Southern mind." Believes abolitionist pressure is counter- productive: "Whatever important ends slavery agitation at the North may have accomplished, it has paralyzed and struck down the southern friends of freedom." |
| Subjects | Slavery Politics Africa African American History Colonization Abolition Reform Movement |
| People | Peabody, Ephraim (1807-1856) |
| Place written | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |