Historical Research Respecting the Opinions of the Founders of the Republic, on Negroes as Slaves, as Citizens, and as Soldiers
George Livermore
22 chapters · 7 h 43 min · English
Read by Greg Giordano, Joanna Michal Hoyt, Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
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Collects the speeches, writings, public statements and legislative acts of the Founding Fathers and Framers of the United States against slavery. (Summary by progressingamerica)
Chapters
1 Massachusetts Historical Society August meeting 7 min 2 Note to 3rd edition 4 min 3 Note to 1st edition 2 min 4 Introduction, Present state of the question 33 min 5 Chapter 1 - Declaration of Independence 27 min 6 Chapter 2 - Articles of Confederation 5 min 7 Chapter 3 - The Federal Convention and the Constitution 28 min 8 Chapter 3 - part 2 26 min 9 Chapter 3 - part 3 22 min 10 Chapter 3, conclusion 22 min 11 Chapter 4 - State Conventions and ratifying the Constitution 35 min 12 Chapter 4, continued 36 min 13 Chapter 5 -Opinions of the Founders of the republic on negroes as soldiers 21 min 14 Chapter 5 - part 2 23 min 15 Chapter 5 - part 3 21 min 16 Chapter 5 - part 4 22 min 17 Chapter 5 - part 5 25 min 18 Chapter 5 - part 6 24 min 19 Chapter 5 - part 7 26 min 20 Chapter 5 - Conclusion 22 min 21 Appendix A-E 25 min 22 Appendix F 6 min