Thus, from 1833 on to the time of the war, the pro-slavery advocates
grew in influence and aggressiveness, though what proportion of the
population of Virginia they represented it is impossible to determine.
Their extreme utterances undoubtedly gave them great prominence, as
the march of events, in like manner, augmented their power. The
sentiments of the anti-slavery men found little place in the turmoil
of the times. Their position was strongly analogous to that of the
majority of the Northern people, who, in the midst of the war cries of
the Abolitionists, continued in silence their business pursuits.
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Footnote 57:
_Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America_, Wilson, Vol. I, p.
195.
Footnote 58:
_History of Slavery in Virginia_, Ballagh, p. 138.
Footnote 59:
_Journal of House of Delegates_, 1832, p. 109.
Footnote 60:
_Idem_, p. 110.
Footnote 61:
_Idem_, p. 158.
Footnote 62:
_Virginian History of African Colonization_, Slaughter, p. 48.
Footnote 63:
_An Essay on Slavery_, Thomas R. Dew, 1849, p. 6.
Footnote 64:
_History of Slavery in Virginia_, Ballagh, p. 138.
Footnote 65:
_South Side View of Slavery_, Adams, p. 127.