Duff Green's "England and the United States": With an Introductory Study of American Opposition to the Quintuple Treaty of 1841.

The article presents a reproduction of the paper "England and the United States," by the 19th-century Kentucky-based political writer Duff Green, and discussion of its historical context. A brief biographical sketch of Green's life is provided, noting his business and political ventures. Introductory comments are given describing the events of the Quintuple Treaty of 1841, in which several major European nations abolished and agreed to oppose the slave trade, its depiction throughout several international newspapers, and the popular opposition to it by some within the United States.