FIVE YEARS' PROGRESS

OF THE

SLAVE POWER;

A SERIES OF PAPERS

FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE BOSTON "COMMONWEALTH," IN JULY,
AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER, 1851.

"The Preservation, Propagation, and Perpetuation of Slavery, the Vital and Animating Spirit of the National Government." - JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.

BOSTON:

BENJAMIN B. MUSSEY AND COMPANY,

29 CORNHILL.

E 423 •€47

CAMBRIDGE! METCALF AND COMPANY, PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY.