The Wrong of Slavery, the Right of Emancipation, and the Future of the African Race in the United States
The Wrong of Slavery, the Right of Emancipation, and the Future of the African Race in the United States is a book written in 1864 by Robert Dale Owen. He was appointed by Secretary Edwin Stanton[1] to work on the American Freedmen's Inquiry Commission tasked with investigating the condition of freedmen of African descent,[2] together with Samuel Gridley Howe and James McKaye.[3] The book is based on the Inquiry Commission's report[4] and argues for emancipation of slaves, including the constitutionality of emancipation. Several chapters lay out the history of transportation of slaves out of Africa, the role of enslavement of Native Americans in the United States, and the reciprocal societal influence of each race on the other.
References[edit]
- ^ "Owen, Robert Dale". Dictionary of National Biography.
- ^ "Robert Dale Owen". Encyclopedia Britannica.
- ^ Frankel, Oz (2003). "The Predicament of Racial Knowledge: Government Studies of the Freedmen during the U.S. Civil War". Social Research: An International Quarterly. 70 (1): 45–81. doi:10.1353/sor.2003.0023. ISSN 1944-768X. S2CID 141937226. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ^ The Struggle for Equality: Abolitionists and the Negro in the Civil War and Reconstruction, James M. McPherson
External links[edit]
- The Wrong of Slavery, the Right of Emancipation, and the Future of the African Race in the United States, full text
- Works by Robert Dale Owen, Librivox
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