What the Fathers of the Republic thought of Slavery--Opinions of Washington--Jefferson--Madison--Monroe--Henry--Randolph-- Clay--Benton--Mason--McDowell--Iredell--Pinkney--Leigh-- Marshall--Bolling--Chandler--Summers--Preston--Fremont--Blair-- Maury--Birney. Delaware--McLane. Maryland--Martin. Virginia-- Bill of Rights. North Carolina--Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence--Judge Ruffin. South Carolina--Extracts from the Writings of some of her more Sensible Sons. Georgia--Gen. Oglethorpe--Darien Resolutions. CHAPTER IV. NORTHERN TESTIMONY 235 Opinions of Franklin--Hamilton--Jay--Adams--Webster--Clinton-- Warren--Complimentary Allusions to Garrison, Greeley, Seward, Sumner, and others. CHAPTER V. TESTIMONY OF THE NATIONS 245 The Voice of England--Opinions of Mansfield--Locke--Pitt-- Fox--Shakspeare--Cowper--Milton--Johnson--Price--Blackstone-- Coke--Hampden--Harrington--Fortescue--Brougham--The Voice of Ireland--Opinions of Burke--Curran--Extract from the Dublin University Magazine for December, 1856--The Voice of Scotland-- Opinions of Beattie--Miller--Macknight--The Voice of France-- Opinions of Lafayette--Montesquieu--Louis X--Buffon--Rousseau-- Brissot--The Voice of Germany--Opinions of Grotius--Goethe-- Luther--Extract from the Letter of a living German writer to his Friends in this Country--The Voice of Italy--Opinions of Cicero--Lactantius--Leo X--The Voice of Greece--Opinions of Socrates--Aristotle--Polybius--Plato. CHAPTER VI. TESTIMONY OF THE CHURCHES 258 Introductory Remarks--Presbyterian Testimony--Albert Barnes-- Thomas Scott--General Assembly in 1818--Synod of Kentucky-- Episcopal Testimony--Bishop Horsley--Bishop Butler--Bishop Porteus--John Jay--Anti-slavery Churchman--Baptist Testimony-- Rev. Mr. Brisbane, of South Carolina--Francis Wayland--Abraham Booth--Baptists of Virginia in 1789--Methodist Testimony--John Wesley--Adam Clarke--Extracts from the Discipline for 1784, '85 and '97--Catholic Testimony--Pope Gregory XVI--Pope Leo X--The Abbe Raynal--Henry Kemp. CHAPTER VII. BIBLE TESTIMONY 275 The Bible an Anti-Slavery Text-book--Selected Precepts and Sayings of the Old Testament--Selected Precepts and Sayings of the New Testament--Irrefragability of the Arguments here and elsewhere introduced against Slavery. CHAPTER VIII. FREE FIGURES AND SLAVE 281