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
91. _Attitude of the United States_ 190