The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870

by W. E. B. Du Bois

Overview

W.E.B. Du Bois was an American historian and civil rights activist.Du Bois, along with Booker T. Washington, was one of the most influential African Americans in the early 20th century.Du Bois and Washington wanted many of the same things but through different means.Their contributions helped pave the way for Civil Rights Act of 1964 which was enacted just 1 year after Du Bois death.This edition of Du Bois The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870 includes a table of contents.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781632956484
Publisher:	Charles River Editors
Publication date:	03/22/2018
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Format:	eBook
Pages:	100
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About the Author

W.E.B. DuBois (1868-1963) was an African-American sociologist, civil rights activist, and author. He was one of the founding members of the NAACP, and he is well-known for believing on full civil rights and disagreeing with Booker T. Washington’s argument that blacks remain subservient. His most famous book, The Souls of Black Folk, defines the term "double-consciousness" and remains a cornerstone of African-American literature.

Table of Contents

Chapter I.	Introductory
1.	Plan of the Monograph	1
2.	The Rise of the English Slave-Trade	1
Chapter II.	The Planting Colonies
3.	Character of these Colonies	7
4.	Restrictions in Georgia	7
5.	Restrictions in South Carolina	9
6.	Restrictions in North Carolina	11
7.	Restrictions in Virginia	12
8.	Restrictions in Maryland	14
9.	General Character of these Restrictions	15
Chapter III.	The Farming Colonies
10.	Character of these Colonies	16
11.	The Dutch Slave-Trade	17
12.	Restrictions in New York	18
13.	Restrictions in Pennsylvania and Delaware	20
14.	Restrictions in New Jersey	24
15.	General Character of these Restrictions	25
Chapter IV.	The Trading Colonies
16.	Character of these Colonies	27
17.	New England and the Slave-Trade	27
18.	Restrictions in New Hampshire	29
19.	Restrictions in Massachusetts	30
20.	Restrictions in Rhode Island	33
21.	Restrictions in Connecticut	37
22.	General Character of these Restrictions	37
Chapter V.	The Period of the Revolution, 1774-1787
23.	The Situation in 1774	39
24.	The Condition of the Slave-Trade	40
25.	The Slave-Trade and the "Association"	41
26.	The Action of the Colonies	42
27.	The Action of the Continental Congress	44
28.	Reception of the Slave-Trade Resolution	45
29.	Results of the Resolution	47
30.	The Slave-Trade and Public Opinion after the War	48
31.	The Action of the Confederation	50
Chapter VI.	The Federal Convention, 1787
32.	The First Proposition	53
33.	The General Debate	54
34.	The Special Committee and the "Bargain"	58
35.	The Appeal to the Convention	59
36.	Settlement by the Convention	61
37.	Reception of the Clause by the Nation	62
38.	Attitude of the State Conventions	65
39.	Acceptance of the Policy	68
Chapter VII.	Toussaint L'Ouverture and Anti-Slavery Effort, 1787-1807
40.	Influence of the Haytian Revolution	70
41.	Legislation of the Southern States	71
42.	Legislation of the Border States	72
43.	Legislation of the Eastern States	73
44.	First Debate in Congress, 1789	74
45.	Second Debate in Congress, 1790	75
46.	The Declaration of Powers, 1790	78
47.	The Act of 1794	80
48.	The Act of 1800	81
49.	The Act of 1803	84
50.	State of the Slave-Trade from 1789 to 1803	85
51.	The South Carolina Repeal of 1803	86
52.	The Louisiana Slave-Trade, 1803-1805	87
53.	Last Attempts at Taxation, 1805-1806	91
54.	Key-Note of the Period	92
Chapter VIII.	The Period of Attempted Suppression, 1807-1825
55.	The Act of 1807	94
56.	The First Question: How shall illegally imported Africans be disposed of?	96
57.	The Second Question: How shall Violations be punished?	102
58.	The Third Question: How shall the Interstate Coastwise Slave-Trade be protected?	104
59.	Legislative History of the Bill	105
60.	Enforcement of the Act	108
61.	Evidence of the Continuance of the Trade	109
62.	Apathy of the Federal Government	112
63.	Typical Cases	117
64.	The Supplementary Acts, 1818-1820	118
65.	Enforcement of the Supplementary Acts, 1818-1825	123
Chapter IX.	The International Status of the Slave-Trade, 1783-1862
66.	The Rise of the Movement against the Slave-Trade, 1788-1807	131
67.	Concerted Action of the Powers, 1783-1814	133
68.	Action of the Powers from 1814 to 1820	134
69.	The Struggle for an International Right of Search, 1820-1840	136
70.	Negotiations of 1823-1825	138
71.	The Attitude of the United States and the State of the Slave-Trade	141
72.	The Quintuple Treaty, 1839-1842	143
73.	Final Concerted Measures, 1842-1862	146
Chapter X.	The Rise of the Cotton Kingdom, 1820-1850
74.	The Economic Revolution	151
75.	The Attitude of the South	154
76.	The Attitude of the North and Congress	155
77.	Imperfect Application of the Laws	158
78.	Responsibility of the Government	161
79.	Activity of the Slave-Trade, 1820-1850	162
Chapter XI.	The Final Crisis, 1850-1870
80.	The Movement against the Slave-Trade Laws	168
81.	Commercial Conventions of 1855-1856	169
82.	Commercial Conventions of 1857-1858	170
83.	Commercial Convention of 1859	172
84.	Public Opinion in the South	173
85.	The Question in Congress	175
86.	Southern Policy in 1860	176
87.	Increase of the Slave-Trade from 1850 to 1860	178
88.	Notorious Infractions of the Laws	180
89.	Apathy of the Federal Government	183
90.	Attitude of the Southern Confederacy	188
91.	Attitude of the United States	191
Chapter XII.	The Essentials in the Struggle
92.	How the Question Arose	194
93.	The Moral Movement	195
94.	The Political Movement	196
95.	The Economic Movement	197
96.	The Lesson for Americans	197
	Appendices
A.	A Chronological Conspectus of Colonial and State Legislation restricting the African Slave-Trade, 1641-1787	201
B.	A Chronological Conspectus of State, National, and International Legislation, 1788-1871	230
C.	Typical Cases of Vessels engaged in the American Slave-Trade, 1619-1864	289
D.	Bibliography	299
	Index	327

Editorial Reviews

W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963) was a champion of civil rights and the political and cultural voice of black Americans of his day. This is his doctoral dissertation for Harvard, examining slavery in Colonial America, its consideration by the Constitutional Convention, the plantation economy of the South and its influence on the slave trade, and the role of Northern merchants in financing the slave trade. This 1896 classic remains a model of historical research and writing. This is an unabridged republication of the edition first published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1896. It includes a new, brief introduction. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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