The Wrong of Slavery, the Right of Emancipation, and the Future of the African Race in the United States

Robert Dale Owen (1801 - 1877)

"The Wrong of Slavery" is a work written by Robert Dale Owen based largely off of the work of the Freedmen's Inquiry Commission where he served. It traces the early beginnings of the slave trade from its English beginning to the United States Civil War. It puts a focus on the barbarism of the slave trade from capture and transportation to the arrival in the Americas, the extreme cruelties that took place in the West Indies and South America, facts about slavery in the United States, and the advantages of a freed black population to the South. (Summary by mleigh)

Genre(s): Modern (19th C)

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface KevinS
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Play 01 Introduction fried1259
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Play 02 Part 1, chapter 1: As A Labor System fried1259
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Play 03 Part 1, chapter 2: Enslavement of Indians PlantDoc
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Play 04 Part 1, chapter 3: Substitution of the African for the Indian laurencetrask
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Play 05 Part 1, chapter 4: Number of Slaves shipped from Africa progressingamerica
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Play 06 Part 1, chapter 5: How Slaves were obtained in Africa KevinS
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Play 07 Part 1, chapter 6: How Slaves were transported from Africa mleigh
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Play 08 Part 1, chapter 7: What became of the Imported Slaves laurencetrask
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Play 09 Part 1, chapter 8: Strangely contrasting Fate of the Two diverging Streams progressingamerica
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Play 10 Part 1, chapter 9: Touching the Causes of certain Marvellous Results PlantDoc
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Play 11 Part 1, chapter 10: Was there a Failure and a Success? Michele Eaton
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Play 12 Part 1, chapter 11: The Great Lesson Michele Eaton
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Play 13 Part 2, chapter 1: A Mixed Question of Constitutional and International Law Ruthema
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Play 14 Part 2, chapter 2: Constitutional Aspect of what is called Slave-Property Ruthema
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Play 15 Part 2, chapter 3, section 1: The Constitutionality of Emancipation in the Insurrectionary States Grace Buchanan
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Play 16 Part 2, chapter 3, section 2: The Constitutionality of Emancipation in the Insurrectionary States Grace Buchanan
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Play 17 Part 2, chapter 4: The Constitutionality of Emancipation in the Loyal Slave States Ruthema
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Play 18 Part 3, chapter 1: Forebodings Regarding the Fate of the Negro laurencetrask
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Play 19 Part 3, chapter 2: Do we need the Aid of the Negro as a Loyal Citizen? laurencetrask
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Play 20 Part 3, chapter 3: Can the Negro, as Freedman, maintain himself? laurencetrask
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Play 21 Part 3, chapter 4: The Emancipated Negro will make the South his Home Richard Reiman
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Play 22 Part 3, chapter 5: Amalgamation Larry Wilson
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Play 23 Part 3, chapter 6: Reciprocal Social Influence of the Races on each other Wayne Cooke
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Play 24 Part 3, chapter 7: Importance, Nationally, that the Negro be treated with Justice Bhavesh Aggarwal
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Play 25 Part 3, chapter 8: The Freedman needs mere Temporary Aid and Supervision KevinS
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Play 26 Part 3, chapter 9: The Sum of our Duty towards the Negro Race KevinS
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Play 27 Appendix KevinS
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