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Show iv CONTENTS. E. The Slave-Code. ............................. rA.GI'l 234 1". Pauper System of 1\lnssnchusctts .. ~ ............................. 24G G. Jamaica anU Hayti .... .... .... ..... ............•..... .... ..•........ 248 II. Flogging as a. ]~leans of Discipline ............................ 257 I. I nfidel Testimony .... ........ ........... ............................. 260 K. European Lnbo;ing Clnsses ..... ...... ... ... ...... .................. 203 L. Mrs. Stowe in .England .............................................. 800 111 . Statistics of Slnvery .. "' ............................................. 806 N. Extract from Pcrsius, Satire 5th ................................. 308 P. Tbcodo1·e rarkcr ..................................................... 308 Q. Lcgnrc on Slavery .................................................... 311 R. \Vorn-out Lands . ...... ..... .. .. ... ... ..................... .. ...... .... 313 PREIIA'rORY. THE Work to which this is in reply has eaJied forth al rendy a good many answers in !dud,* but none of them, I believe, occupying the ground I have here taken . Throughout the preparation of these Notes, I have kept the promise of my Title Page constantly in view, and have endeavoured to fulfil it; how successfully, must be left to others to determine. For myself, I can only say that, so far , as the logic of the work is concerned, I can sec no flaw in it. As to the style, should any be disposed to censure in it an occasional departure from the gravity they might think befitting such a theme, my answer is, That in this I have but followed the example set me by the nuthor of the original wprk, and that her lucubrations and argumentations have, at times, been irresistible provocatives to it. I have throughout endeavoured to treat her with the respect due to a woman, but I confess that I have occasionally found it hard work, especially in the Note on the Key, and where her course in England has come under review. If she would but consider where she stood, and where ''the Professors of Lane Seminary" stood, twenty years ago, (and if she cannot remember so far back, 1\Ir. Stanton and his fellowstudents could give her memory n. jog,) she would be more chary of her reflections upon others who stand where she stood tbeu- · where they have ;1lways stood, and who arc, therefore, probably, *Among; these is one entitled, "The Planter: or, 'l'birteen Yenr8 in the South. By a Northcru M:w. Phibdclphia, H. Hooker & Co.," which, I am surprised to learn, has lmd, :l.S yet, a compnrativcly limi ted circulation . It is one of the most readable books I have met with on tho su l~ ect. (v) .. |