Virginia, for his generous sympathy and invaluable assistance, with respect to every feature of the book; also to Edward M. Shepard, Esquire, and Reverend Samuel H. Bishop of New York and to Colonel Archer Anderson and Henry W. Anderson, Esquire, of Richmond, for their kindness in reading his manuscript and making many helpful suggestions. For none of the errors of the book, nor for any expression of opinion, are these gentlemen responsible. Thanks are due and tendered to Dr. Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress, Dr. H. R. McIlwaine, State Librarian of Virginia, and Mr. W. G. Stanard, Corresponding Secretary of the Virginia Historical Society, and to their courteous assistants, for the generous use accorded the author of the wealth of historical data in the custody of those institutions. In addition to the foregoing, acknowledgments are gratefully made to a great company of librarians, lawyers, antiquarians, clerks of courts, custodians of private manuscripts and others who have assisted the author in collecting from widely separated sections of the Union the mass of information from which he has drawn, in the preparation of this work. In many instances, the facts so kindly furnished do not appear, but have been of service to the author, in enabling him to form more accurate conclusions. The willingness exhibited by citizens of states, other than Virginia, to furnish information with respect to the subject under consideration, is indicative of a growing desire throughout the Union to know the facts and appreciate the viewpoint of our once separated but now united people. If this book, in presenting the attitude of Virginia, shall contribute to this result, it will afford the author the sincerest gratification. Richmond, Virginia, June, 1909 VIRGINIA DID NOT SECEDE IN ORDER TO EXTEND SLAVERY INTO THE TERRITORIES, OR TO PREVENT ITS THREATENED DESTRUCTION WITHIN HER OWN BORDERS III. Virginia's Colonial Record with Respect to IV. Virginia's Statute Abolishing the African Slave Trade and Her Part in Enacting the Ordinance VII. Some Virginia Statutes with Respect to Slavery 45 66 XIII. Anti-Slavery Sentiments of Prominent Virginians. 82 XIV. Anti-Slavery Sentiments of Prominent Virginians. XVIII. The Small Number of Slaveholders in Virginia, as Compared with Her Whole White Population 'XXIII. Some of the Almost Insuperable Difficulties which Embarrassed Every Plan of Emancipation XXIV. Some of the Almost Insuperable Difficulties which XXVI. The Status of the Controversy Regarding Slav- ery at the Time Virginia Seceded from the Union 185 ❤ XXVII. The Status of the Controversy Regarding Slav- XXXVI. Virginia's Efforts to Promote Reconciliation |