[17] See the various State constitutions in Thorpe's "Charters and Constitutions." [18] Ibid. [19] Foote, "Sketches of Virginia," 85. [20] Hart, "Slavery and Abolition," 73; Olmsted, "The Back Country," 230-232. _Berea Quarterly_, IX, No. 3. [21] See the Speeches of the Western members of the Virginia Convention of 1829-30, Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of 1829-30. [22] This is proved by the reports and records of the anti-slavery societies and especially by those of the American Convention of Abolition Societies. During the thirties and forties the southern societies ceased to make reports. See Adams, "A Neglected Period of Anti-Slavery," 117. [23] The vote on the aristocratic constitution framed in 1829-30 shows this. See Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of 1829-30, p. 903. [24] Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of 1829-30, p. 226. [25] Thorpe, "Charters and Constitutions, South Carolina." [26] Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of 1829-30, pp. 53, 76, 442, 858. [27] See Calhoun's Works: "A Disquisition on Government," p. 1 et seq. [28] Adams, "Neglected Period of Anti-Slavery," 138. [29] Ibid., 34. [30] Bassett, "Anti-Slavery Leaders of North Carolina," 72. [31] Adams, "Anti-Slavery, etc.," 100-101. [32] Speech of David Rice in the Constitutional Convention of Kentucky, 1792. [33] Birney, "James G. Birney," 96-100. [34] Reports of the American Convention of Abolition Societies, 1809 and 1823. [35] Birney, "James G. Birney," 70. [36] Adams, "The Neglected Period of Anti-Slavery in America," 129-130. Annals of Congress, 17th Congress, 1st ses., 2d ses., 18th Cong., 1st ses. [37] Ibid., 20. [38] "The Genius of Universal Emancipation," 11. 35. [39] Ibid., 10. 145. [40] See Proceedings of the American Convention of Abolition Societies. [41] Adams, "The Neglected Period of Anti-Slavery," 132. [42] Ibid., 131. [43] "The Genius of Universal Emancipation," 1. 142; 5. 409. [44] "The Genius of Universal Emancipation," 4. 76, 142; Birney, "James G. Birney," 77; Minutes of the American Convention of Abolition Societies, 1826, p. 48. [45] "The Genius of Universal Emancipation," 11. 65, 66. [46] See The Minutes and Proceedings of the American Convention of Abolition Societies, covering this period. [47] This statement is based on the accounts of a number of abolitionists. [48] Adams, "A Neglected Period of Anti-Slavery," 60, 61. [49] Siebert, "The Underground Railroad," 10. 346. [50] Ambler, "Sectionalism in Virginia," 107-108. [51] Woodson, "The Education of the Negro," 120-121. [52] "The Genius of Universal Emancipation," 5. 117, 126, 164, 188, 275, 301, 324, 365; 6. 21, 140, 177. [53] The Fourth Annual Report of the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1837, p. 48; The New England Anti-Slavery Almanac for 1841, p. 31. [54] Ibid. [55] _The African Repository_, XXXII, 16. [56] The Catalogue of Berea College, 1897. ANTAR, THE ARABIAN NEGRO WARRIOR, POET AND HERO