CONTENTS I AFRICA II THE COMING OF BLACK MEN III ETHIOPIA AND EGYPT IV THE NIGER AND ISLAM V GUINEA AND CONGO VI THE GREAT LAKES AND ZYMBABWE VII THE WAR OF RACES AT LAND'S END VIII AFRICAN CULTURE IX THE TRADE IN MEN X THE WEST INDIES AND LATIN AMERICA XI THE NEGRO IN THE UNITED STATES XII THE NEGRO PROBLEMS SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING MAPS The Physical Geography of Africa Ancient Kingdoms of Africa Races in Africa Distribution of Negro Blood, Ancient and Modern THE SUPPRESSION OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE-TRADE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1638-1870 Volume I, Harvard Historical Studies 1896 CONTENTS CHAPTER I Introductory 1. Plan of the Monograph 9 2. The Rise of the English Slave-Trade 9 CHAPTER II The Planting Colonies 3. Character of these Colonies 15 4. Restrictions in Georgia 15 5. Restrictions in South Carolina 16 6. Restrictions in North Carolina 19 7. Restrictions in Virginia 19 8. Restrictions in Maryland 22 9. General Character of these Restrictions 23 CHAPTER III The Farming Colonies 10. Character of these Colonies 24 11. The Dutch Slave-Trade 24 12. Restrictions in New York 25 13. Restrictions in Pennsylvania and Delaware 28 14. Restrictions in New Jersey 32 15. General Character of these Restrictions 33 CHAPTER IV The Trading Colonies 16. Character of these Colonies 34 17. New England and the Slave-Trade 34 18. Restrictions in New Hampshire 36 19. Restrictions in Massachusetts 37 20. Restrictions in Rhode Island 40 21. Restrictions in Connecticut 43 22. General Character of these Restrictions 44 CHAPTER V The Period of the Revolution, 1774–1787 6 23. The Situation in 1774 45 24. The Condition of the Slave-Trade 46 25. The Slave-Trade and the "Association" 47 26. The Action of the Colonies 48 27. The Action of the Continental Congress 49 28. Reception of the Slave-Trade Resolution 51 29. Results of the Resolution 52 30. The Slave-Trade and Public Opinion after the War 53 31. The Action of the Confederation 56 CHAPTER VI The Federal Convention, 1787 32. The First Proposition 58 33. The General Debate 59 34. The Special Committee and the "Bargain" 62 35. The Appeal to the Convention 64 36. Settlement by the Convention 66 37. Reception of the Clause by the Nation 67 38. Attitude of the State Conventions 70 39. Acceptance of the Policy 72 CHAPTER VII Toussaint L'Ouverture and Anti-Slavery Effort, 1787–1807 40. Influence of the Haytian Revolution 74 41. Legislation of the Southern States 75 42. Legislation of the Border States 76 43. Legislation of the Eastern States 76 44. First Debate in Congress, 1789 77 45. Second Debate in Congress, 1790 79 46. The Declaration of Powers, 1790 82 47. The Act of 1794 83 48. The Act of 1800 85 49. The Act of 1803 87 50. State of the Slave-Trade from 1789 to 1803 88 51. The South Carolina Repeal of 1803 89 52. The Louisiana Slave-Trade, 1803–1805 91 53. Last Attempts at Taxation, 1805–1806 94 54. Key-Note of the Period 96