An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans

Carolyn L. Karcher is professor emerita of English, American studies, and women’s studies at Temple University. She is author of A Refugee from His Race: Albion W. TourgÉe and His Fight against White Supremacy and The First Woman in the Republic: A Cultural Biography of Lydia Maria Child.

Preface to the Revised Edition
Preface to the First Edition and Acknowledgments
Chronology of Lydia Maria Child
Introduction
Suggestions for Further Reading
An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans
Preface
Chapter I. Brief History of Negro Slavery.—Its Inevitable Effect upon All Concerned in It
Chapter II. Comparative View of Slavery, in Different Ages and Nations
Chapter III. Free Labor and Slave Labor.—Possibility of Safe Emancipation
Chapter IV. Influence of Slavery on the Politics of the United States
Chapter V. Colonization Society, and Anti-Slavery Society
Chapter VI. Intellect of Negroes
Chapter VII. Moral Character of Negroes
Chapter VIII. Prejudices against People of Color, and Our Duties in Relation to This Subject