I.--THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND THE ABOLITIONISTS 1 II.--THE ABOLITIONISTS--WHO AND WHAT THEY WERE 15 III.--ONE OF THEIR TRAITS 26 IV.--PRO-SLAVERY PREJUDICE 30 V.--THE POLITICAL SITUATION 41 VI.--ANTI-SLAVERY PIONEERS 49 VII.--SALMON PORTLAND CHASE 59 VIII.--JOHN QUINCY ADAMS 67 IX.--ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETIES 72 X.--WANTED, AN ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY 79 XI.--ANTI-SLAVERY ORATORS 88 XII.--LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS 94 XIII.--ANTI-SLAVERY WOMEN 100 XIV.--MOBS 108 XV.--ANTI-SLAVERY MARTYRS 113 XVI.--THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD 121 XVII.--COLONIZATION 128 XVIII.--LINCOLN AND EMANCIPATION 136 XIX.--THE END OF ABOLITIONISM 150 XX.--MISSOURI 157 XXI.--MISSOURI _(Continued)_ 174 XXII.--SOME ABOLITION LEADERS 186 XXIII.--ROLLS OF HONOR 201 APPENDIX EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION 211 BORDER SLAVE-STATE MESSAGE 213 "PRAYER OF TWENTY MILLIONS" 214 INDEX 217 THE ABOLITIONISTS CHAPTER I THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND THE ABOLITIONISTS The following is an extract from Theodore Roosevelt's biography of Thomas H. Benton in Houghton, Mifflin, & Co.'s American Statesmen Series, published in 1887: