The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America: 1638-1870 — John Shaqi
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
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
CHAPTER VIII
THE PERIOD OF ATTEMPTED SUPPRESSION, 1807-1825
55. _The Act of 1807_ 97
56. _The First Question: How shall illegally imported Africans
be disposed of?_ 99
57. _The Second Question: How shall Violations be punished?_ 104
58. _The Third Question: How shall the Interstate Coastwise
Slave-Trade be protected?_ 106
59. _Legislative History of the Bill_ 107
60. _Enforcement of the Act_ 111
61. _Evidence of the Continuance of the Trade_ 112
62. _Apathy of the Federal Government_ 115
63. _Typical Cases_ 120
64. _The Supplementary Acts, 1818-1820_ 121
65. _Enforcement of the Supplementary Acts, 1818-1825_ 126
CHAPTER IX
THE INTERNATIONAL STATUS OF THE SLAVE-TRADE, 1783-1862
66. _The Rise of the Movement against the Slave-Trade,
1788-1807_ 133
67. _Concerted Action of the Powers, 1783-1814_ 134
68. _Action of the Powers from 1814 to 1820_ 136
69. _The Struggle for an International Right of Search,
1820-1840_ 137
70. _Negotiations of 1823-1825_ 140
71. _The Attitude of the United States and the State of the
Slave-Trade_ 142
72. _The Quintuple Treaty, 1839-1842_ 145
73. _Final Concerted Measures, 1842-1862_ 148
CHAPTER X
THE RISE OF THE COTTON KINGDOM, 1820-1850
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