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| Preface | |
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| Slavery and Sectional Strife in the Early American Republic, 1776-1821: A Critical Narrative | |
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| The Rise of Slavery in Colonial British America | |
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| Imperial Crisis, Independence, and the Reevaluation of Slavery | |
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| Revolutionary Outcomes: Early Abolition and Its Limitations | |
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| Slavery, Sectionalism, and the Federal Constitution | |
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| A More Perfect Union? The Problems of Slavery and Sectionalism in the Redesigned Republic | |
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| An Empire for Liberty? The Louisiana Purchase and Withdrawal from the Atlantic Slave Trade | |
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| The War of 1812 and Era of Good Feelings | |
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| The Missouri Crisis | |
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| Notes | |
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| Primary Documents | |
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| Controversy over Slavery on the Eve of Revolution | |
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| Philadelphia Physician Benjamin Rush Attacks Slaveholding (1773) | |
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| West Indian Planter Richard Nisbet Defends Slaveholding (1773) | |
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| Massachusetts Slaves Petition for Freedom (1774) | |
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| The Spirit of 1776 | |
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| The Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776) | |
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| The Declaration of Independence (1776) | |
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| Congress Debates Whether to Count Blacks as People (1776) | |
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| South Carolina Patriot Henry Laurens Denounces Slavery (1776) | |
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| The Challenge to Slavery at the State Level | |
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| The Vermont Declaration of Rights (1777) | |
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| Pennsylvania's Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery (1780) | |
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| "A Lover of true Justice" Advises Caution in New Jersey (1781) | |
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| Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia (1785, 1788) | |
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| The Spirit of 1787 | |
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| The Northwest Ordinance (1787) | |
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| Debates over Slavery at the Constitutional Convention (1787) | |
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| Provisions of the Federal Constitution Pertaining to Slavery (1787) | |
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| The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Federalism | |
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| The Pennsylvania Abolition Society Petitions the Federal Congress (1790) | |
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| South Carolina Representative William L. Smith Defends Slavery (1790) | |
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| St. George Tucker's Plan for Gradual Emancipation in Virginia (1796) | |
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| Federal Action against the Atlantic Slave Trade | |
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| Senators Debate Whether to Restrict the Importation of Slaves into the Louisiana Territory (1804) | |
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| Congress Prepares to Prohibit American Participation in the Atlantic Slave Trade (1806) | |
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| African American Orator Peter Williams, Jr., Celebrates the Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade (1808) | |
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| Proposals for the Colonization of Free Blacks | |
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| The Kentucky Abolition Society Asks Congress to Allocate Territory for Emancipated Slaves (1815) | |
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| Founding of the American Colonization Society (1816) | |
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| Free Blacks of Philadelphia Oppose Colonization (1817) | |
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| The Missouri Crisis | |
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| Debate over the Tallmadge Amendment in the House of Representatives (1819) | |
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| Resolutions of a Public Meeting in Trenton, New Jersey (1819) | |
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| Remarks by Representative Charles Pinckney of South Carolina on the Missouri Crisis (1820) | |
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| Representative Charles Kinsey of New Jersey Makes the Case for Compromise (1820) | |
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| John Quincy Adams's Reservations about the Missouri Compromise (1820) | |
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| Thomas Jefferson's Prophetic Response to the Missouri Compromise (1820) | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |