Slave-Trade_ 142
72. _The Quintuple Treaty, 1839-1842_ 145
73. _Final Concerted Measures, 1842-1862_ 148


CHAPTER X
THE RISE OF THE COTTON KINGDOM, 1820-1850

74. _The Economic Revolution_ 152
75. _The Attitude of the South_ 154
76. _The Attitude of the North and Congress_ 156
77. _Imperfect Application of the Laws_ 159
78. _Responsibility of the Government_ 161
79. _Activity of the Slave-Trade, 1820-1850_ 163


CHAPTER XI
THE FINAL CRISIS, 1850-1870

80. _The Movement against the Slave-Trade Laws_ 168
81. _Commercial Conventions of 1855-1856_ 169
82. _Commercial Conventions of 1857-1858_ 170
83. _Commercial Convention of 1859_ 172
84. _Public Opinion in the South_ 173
85. _The Question in Congress_ 174
86. _Southern Policy in 1860_ 176
87. _Increase of the Slave-Trade from 1850 to 1860_ 178
88. _Notorious Infractions of the Laws_ 179
89. _Apathy of the Federal Government_ 182
90. _Attitude of the Southern Confederacy_ 187