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Gradual Decline of Riotous Demonstrations against the Abolitionists.--Changes occur in the Doctrines and Methods of the American Antislavery Society.--Judge Jay resigns his Membership, while continuing his Efforts on Behalf of Emancipation. 82
GRADUAL DECLINE OF RIOTOUS DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST THE ABOLITIONISTS.--CHANGES OCCUR IN THE DOCTRINES AND METHODS OF THE AMERICAN ANTISLAVERY SOCIETY.--JUDGE JAY RESIGNS HIS MEMB...
16. CHAPTER VIII.Judge Jay was not destined to live to see the triumph of the antislavery cause and of the constitutional principles to which he had devoted his life. Several years of failing he...
14. CHAPTER VI.JUDGE JAY CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE ANTISLAVERY CAUSE BY HIS ADVICE AND WRITINGS.--IN CONSEQUENCE OF HIS OPINIONS HE IS DEPRIVED OF HIS SEAT ON THE BENCH.--HIS VISIT TO EUROPE.--...
11. CHAPTER III.Chief-Justice Jay died at Bedford in 1828, and his son William occupied his leisure during the following five years in preparing "The Life and Letters of John Jay." This work wa...
15. CHAPTER VII.UNPOPULARITY OF THE ABOLITIONISTS.--THE COMPROMISES OF 1850 AND THE FUGITIVE-SLAVE LAW.--JAY'S REPLY TO WEBSTER'S 7th OF MARCH SPEECH.--THE ATTITUDE OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.--TH...
10. CHAPTER II.The movement which culminated in the Civil War and the total abolition of slavery in the United States was first humanitarian, and subsequently political. Philanthropists prepar...
12. CHAPTER IV.The second anniversary of the American Antislavery Society was held at the Presbyterian Church at Houston and Thompson Streets in New York on the 12th of May, 1835. James G. Bir...
9. CHAPTER I.William Jay, the second son of John Jay, the first Chief-Justice of the United States, and his wife, Sarah Van Brugh Livingston, was born in the city of New York the 16th of Jun...
8. CHAPTER VIII.6. CHAPTER VI.Judge Jay continues to support the Antislavery Cause by his Advice and Writings.--In Consequence of his Opinions he is deprived of his Seat on the Bench.--His Visit to Europe.--...
5. CHAPTER V.Gradual Decline of Riotous Demonstrations against the Abolitionists.--Changes occur in the Doctrines and Methods of the American Antislavery Society.--Judge Jay resigns his Memb...
7. CHAPTER VII.Unpopularity of the Abolitionists.--The Compromises of 1850 and the Fugitive-Slave Law.--Jay's Reply to Webster's 7th of March Speech.--The Attitude of the Episcopal Church.--Th...
2. CHAPTER II.4. CHAPTER IV.1. CHAPTER I.3. CHAPTER III.