The United States and the transatlantic slave trade to the Americas, 1776-1867 / Leonardo Marques.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marques, Leonardo, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slave trade--United States--History.

Slave trade.

Slave traders.

History.

United States.

Slave trade--America--History.

America.

Slave traders--United States--History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 313 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2016]

Summary:

"While much of modern scholarship has focused on the American slave trade's impact within the United States, considerably less has addressed its effects in other parts of the Americas. A rich analysis of a complex subject, this study draws on Portuguese, Brazilian, and Spanish primary documents-as well as English-language material-to shed new light on the changing behavior of slave traders and their networks, particularly to Brazil and Cuba. Slavery in these nations, Marques describes, contributed to the mounting tensions that would ultimately lead to the US Civil War. Taking a truly Atlantic perspective, Marques outlines the multiple forms of US involvement in this traffic amid various legislation and shifting international relations, exploring the global processes that shaped the history of this participation." -- Publisher Summary

Contents:

Introduction

North American slave traders in the age of revolution, 1776-1807

Transitions, 1808-1820

The consolidation of the contraband slave trade, 1820-1850

The United States and the contraband slave trade to Brazil, 1831-1856

Slave trading in the slave-holding republic, 1851-1858

Crisis, 1859-1867

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0300212410

9780300212419

OCLC:

944209875