The suppression of the African slave trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870
By: W.E.B. Du Bois ; introduction by Saidiya Hartman
Series: The Oxford W.E.B. Du Bois
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9780195311808; 9780195325713
Subjects: Slavery -- United States -- History; Slave trade -- United States -- History; Slavery -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History; Antislavery movements -- United States -- History
Notes: Originally published: New York ; London : Longmans, Green and Co., 1896. With a new introduction

Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: The planting colonies; title: The farming colonies; title: The trading colonies; title: The period of revolution, 1774-1787; title: The federal convention, 1787; title: Toussaint L'Ouverture and anti-slavery effort, 1787-1806; title: The period of attempted suppression, 1807-1825; title: The international status of the slave-trade, 1783-1862; title: The rise of the cotton kingdom, 1820-1850; title: The final crisis, 1850-1870; title: The essentials in the struggle