The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America: 1638-1870Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)
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The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America: 1638-1870
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)
Slave trade -- United States -- History
| United States.
1844 | | Texas. |
1845 | | Belgium. | France.
1862 | | United States. |
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[52] Cf. _British and Foreign State Papers_, from 1836 to
1842.
[53] _Ibid._, 1839-40, p. 940.
[54] _House Doc._, 27 Cong. 1 sess. No. 34, pp. 5-6.
[55] _Senate Doc._, 29 Cong. 1 sess. VIII. No. 377, p. 56.
[56] _Ibid._, p. 72.
[57] _Ibid._, pp. 133-40, etc.
[58] _British and Foreign State Papers_, 1841-2, p. 269 ff.
[59] See below, Appendix B.
[60] _Senate Doc._, 29 Cong. 1 sess. VIII. No. 377, p. 201.
[61] _Senate Exec. Journal_, VI. 123.
[62] _U.S. Treaties and Conventions_ (ed. 1889), pp. 436-7.
For the debates in the Senate, see _Congressional Globe_, 27
Cong. 3 sess. Appendix. Cass resigned on account of the
acceptance of this treaty without a distinct denial of the
Right of Search, claiming that this compromised his position
in France. Cf. _Senate Doc._, 27 Cong. 3 sess. II., IV. Nos.
52, 223; 29 Cong. 1 sess. VIII. No. 377.
[63] Cf. below, Chapter X.
[64] _Senate Exec. Doc._, 28 Cong. 2 sess. IX. No. 150, p. 72.
[65] _Ibid._, p. 77.
[66] _House Doc._, 27 Cong. 3 sess. V. No. 192, p. 4. Cf.
_British and Foreign State Papers_, 1842-3, p. 708 ff.
[67] _House Journal_, 27 Cong. 3 sess. pp. 431, 485-8. Cf.
_House Doc._, 27 Cong. 3 sess. V. No. 192.
[68] Cf. below, Chapter X.
[69] With a fleet of 26 vessels, reduced to 12 in 1849:
_British and Foreign State Papers_, 1844-5, p. 4 ff.; 1849-50,
p. 480.
[70] _Ibid._, 1850-1, p. 953.
[71] Portugal renewed her Right of Search treaty in 1842:
_Ibid._, 1841-2, p. 527 ff.; 1842-3, p. 450.
[72] _Ibid._, 1843-4, p. 316.
[73] _Ibid._, 1844-5, p. 592. There already existed some such
privileges between England and Texas.
[74] _Ibid._, 1847-8, p. 397 ff.
[75] _Ibid._, 1858-9, pp. 1121, 1129.
[76] _British and Foreign State Papers_, 1859-60, pp. 902-3.
[77] _House Exec. Doc._, 36 Cong. 2 sess. IV. No. 7.
[78] _Ibid._
[79] _Senate Exec. Doc._, 37 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 57.
[80] _Senate Exec. Journal_, XII. 230-1, 240, 254, 256, 391,
400, 403; _Diplomatic Correspondence_, 1862, pp. 141, 158;
_U.S. Treaties and Conventions_ (ed. 1889), pp. 454-9.
[81] _Diplomatic Correspondence_, 1862, pp. 64-5. This treaty
was revised in 1863. The mixed court in the West Indies had,
by February, 1864, liberated 95,206 Africans: _Senate Exec.
Doc._, 38 Cong. 1 sess. No. 56, p. 24.
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_Chapter X_
THE RISE OF THE COTTON KINGDOM. 1820-1850.
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