Project Gutenberg 2008-04-19 Public domain in the USA. 357 Various Verschillende Various, Various The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Produced by Joshua Hutchinson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Cornell University Digital Collections) "The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862" by Various is a historical publication featuring literary and political discourse from the mid-19th century. This volume includes discussions on significant issues of the time, particularly focusing on the emancipation of enslaved people and national unity during the American Civil War. The content reflects the pressing socio-political climate, encouraging progress toward freedom and examining the moral and economic implications of slavery. The opening of this volume addresses the topic of emancipation and the proposed measures by the President to encourage states to gradually abolish slavery. It outlines various plans, including monetary compensation for slave owners and colonization for freed slaves, positing that a gradual approach would ultimately benefit both the Union and the border states economically and morally. The author draws parallels with historical events and emphasizes the moral imperative of abolishing slavery to ensure the nation's progress and integrity, setting a tone of urgency and reflection for the discussions that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 64.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Literature, Modern -- 19th century -- Periodicals United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century -- Periodicals AP Text Continental Monthly Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: Literature Browsing: Politics Category: History - American Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Politics 597137 2025-06-10T11:14:11.018178 text/html 599580 2008-04-19T09:20:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 371725 2008-04-19T09:21:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 464577 2025-06-10T11:14:24.348073 application/epub+zip 467797 2025-06-10T11:14:15.432171 application/epub+zip 308184 2025-06-10T11:14:13.586128 application/epub+zip 740928 2025-06-10T11:14:30.872052 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 693722 2025-06-10T11:14:22.760138 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 530328 2022-09-11T13:36:15.711248 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 531143 2025-06-10T11:14:09.758195 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 531021 2008-04-19T09:20:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 212081 2008-04-19T09:21:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 531044 2008-04-19T09:16:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 212002 2008-04-19T09:21:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20747 2025-06-10T11:14:31.030038 application/rdf+xml 16925 2025-06-10T11:14:14.230153 image/jpeg 3806 2025-06-10T11:14:13.890136 image/jpeg 479205 2025-06-10T11:14:11.092188 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog