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Domestic News
November 6, 1846
Anti Slavery Bugle
New Lisbon, Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio
What is this article about?
Alabama legislative committee warns of dangers from redundant slave population, predicting abolition in neighboring states; editorial urges Alabama to lead in ending slavery to save the state.
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SLAVERY.—A committee of nine, in the Legislature of Alabama, one from each judicial circuit, has recently made a report setting forth the danger of a redundant slave population. The committee expressed their apprehension that Kentucky, Maryland, and Virginia will soon abolish slavery, and that North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas, will follow their example.—St. Louis Gazette.
Very good, so far as it goes; and the conversion of your "redundant slave population" into freemen is the only means by which your State can be saved from the danger which now threatens its destruction. Instead of waiting for Kentucky, Maryland, and Virginia to lead in the abolition of slavery, and for North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas to follow their example, would it not be wise for Alabama to precede them all, and with the same blow annihilate her system of chattelism, and destroy the danger resulting from a redundant slave population?
Very good, so far as it goes; and the conversion of your "redundant slave population" into freemen is the only means by which your State can be saved from the danger which now threatens its destruction. Instead of waiting for Kentucky, Maryland, and Virginia to lead in the abolition of slavery, and for North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas to follow their example, would it not be wise for Alabama to precede them all, and with the same blow annihilate her system of chattelism, and destroy the danger resulting from a redundant slave population?
What sub-type of article is it?
Slave Related
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Slavery
Alabama Legislature
Redundant Slaves
Abolition Fears
Where did it happen?
Alabama
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Alabama
Event Details
A committee of nine in the Alabama Legislature, one from each judicial circuit, reported on the danger of a redundant slave population, expressing apprehension that Kentucky, Maryland, and Virginia will soon abolish slavery, followed by North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas. Editorial commentary suggests Alabama should lead in abolishing slavery to convert redundant slaves into freemen and avert destruction.