XI. How far are the professors of religion tacitly or XII. Could a law for the registration of slaves be passed in the United States, or other countries, to pre- Is any slave trade carried on with Texas; if so, to what extent, from whence are the slaves ob- XIV. What are the means which the abolitionists in dif- ferent parts of the world could most effectually XVI. Would the recommendation to give a preference to the use of free instead of slave-grown produce be likely to have an extensively practical good effect; and if cotton, the exclusive growth of free labour, were manufactured in England, would it find a sale in America to any extent?. XVII. Would fiscal regulations by European countries favor- able to the consumption of free-grown cotton, XVIII. Would Denmark, France, Cuba, Porto Rico, or the Brazils, consent to abolish slavery, if all the tropical productions of these countries or their colonies were admitted, for consumption in the European market, on the same terms as their own colonial produce;-no discriminating duty being placed against British manufactures in the countries from which such produce is admitted? XIX. What is the number of slaves still remaining in the (so called) free states? PAGE. 169 ib. XX. What are the laws of the northern states affecting ib. XXI. What are the most striking features of the laws of 175 XXII. XXIII. Do any means exist of ascertaining the waste of life Have American citizens any interest in slavery in XXIV. Are vessels adapted only to the slave trade (or piracy) openly built in American ports ? XXV. To what ascertained or supposed extent are the citizens and flag of the United States engaged in the slave-carrying trade from Africa for the supply of foreign countries? XXVI. What provision is made for the education of the slaves; and what obstacles exist to the advancement of education among them? XXVII. What number of slaves can read, in proportion to the population? 190 191 ib. ib. 194 196 XXVIII. Do the slaves enjoy any religious privileges? XXIX. What number of slaves are members of Christian XXX. Do the inhabitants of the free states, hold by deed, bond, or mortgage, property in slaves; if so, to PAGE. 196 203 what extent? ib. XXXI. Is the district of Columbia the property of the United 204 XXXII. Does slavery actually exist in the district of Columbia; if so, what is its character, and what is the number of slaves in it? ib. XXXIII. Is this district a slave-mart; if so, to what extent; and what is the nature of the traffic? . XXXIV. Has Congress, by any direct action or vote, expressed its disapprobation of the sale of slaves in this district? TEXAS. 1. What is the number of slaves and rate of increase from all causes ? 2. What is the known or probable extent of the slave trade from the United States to Texas? . 205 210 248 ib. 3. What is the known African slave trade to Texas; and where are the cargoes landed? 249 4. Where is the Texas slave produce shipped, and to what market? 250 Laws of Texas on Slavery and the Slave Trade ib. APPENDIX. British Recognition of Texas 252 The condition of the free people of colour in the United States REPLIES TO QUERIES ON AMERICAN SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE TRADE. FIRST QUESTION. What is the number of slaves held in the different States of the American Union? As no national census of the population of the United States has been taken since 1830, we cannot give precisely the present number of slaves. The following estimate is near the truth, though it probably falls below the actual number. It is based upon the rate of increase shown in the national census of 1830, and the later state censuses of Massachusetts, Michigan, and Mississippi, in 1837; of New York and Illinois in 1835; of Missouri in 1836, and of Alabama and Georgia in 1838. The number of slaves in the nominally free states is taken from the national census of 1830. It must be considerably less now than it was ten years ago, there being no additions to it by birth or otherwise. B The preceding census assigns a few slaves each to the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and New York. This is a mistake. In those states no persons can be legally held as slaves. The slaves in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Pensylvania consist of those born prior to the date of the Abolition Acts in those states, and who were not emancipated thereby. Those in Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan are persons legally entitled to their freedom. Those in Illinois are 66 indentured apprentices," held very much in the condition of slaves. The slaves in New Jersey, like those in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Pensylvania, are persons born before the Abolition Act passed in that state, with the addition of such as have from time to time been introduced by immigrants from other slave states, removing into New Jersey to reside. The annexed Tables exhibit the increase of the population of the United States, white, free colored, and slave, since the first census of 1790; the relative increase of each class, &c. |