George S Merriam: 2 books

This edition features a linked Table of Contents and Index. CONTENTS I. How Slavery Grew in America II. The Acts of the Fathers III. Conflict and Compromise IV. The Widening Rift V. Calhoun and Garrison VI. Birney, Channing and Webster VII. The Underlying Forces VIII. The Mexican War IX. How...

Primitive man killed his enemy and ate him. Later, the sequel of battle was the slaying of all the vanquished and the appropriation of their goods, including women and other live stock. Then it was found more profitable to spare the conquered warrior's life and set him to do the victor's disagreeable...