A house divided: the antebellum slavery debates in America, 1776-1865

Ch. 1. The Historical Background for the Antebellum Slavery Debates, 1776-1865

Stroud's Compendium of the Laws of Slavery

Population Statistics from the U.S. Census for 1790-1860

Summary from The Atlantic Slave Trade Project

The European Origins of American Slavery / Arthur Kinney

Samuel Sewall (1632-1730) and John Saffin (1632-1710)

The Selling of Joseph: A Memorial / Samuel Sewall

A Brief, Candid Answer to a Late Printed Sheet, Entitled, The Selling of Joseph / John Saffin

John Woolman (1720-1772)

Some Considerations on the Keeping of Negroes

Ch. 2. Acts of Congress Relating to Slavery

The Declaration of Independence

The Ordinance of 1787

The Fugitive Slave Law of 1793

The Missouri Compromise of 1820.