A Greater Sin
Ex-slave J.W. Loguen writes to his former master Mrs. Sarah Logue.

The Golden Rule
Excerpt from Angelina Grimké, Appeal to the Christian Women of the South.

The Horrible Inconsistencies of Slavery in a Christian Nation
Excerpt from Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.

The Church and Slavery
Excerpt from Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.

Regarding John Brown
Correspondence between abolitionist Lydia Maria Child and the Governor of Virginia.

The Christian Constable
Excerpt from Harriet Jacobs' Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.

The Political Economy of Slavery
Edmund Ruffin makes a pro-slavery argument.

He Is Not Hers
Read Frances Harper's poem on the anguish of a slave mother.

The Miseries We Tasted
Maria Stewart's poem, "The Negro's Complaint," questions slaveholders' humanity.

We Are of Another Race
Englishman Charles Mackay observes Northern attitudes toward African Americans.

Results of the Fugitive Slave Act
Harriet Jacobs describes how this legislation tears families apart.

I Am a True Born American
Excerpt from a lecture delivered by Maria Stewart at the Franklin Hall, Boston, September 21, 1832.