The deepest south : the United States, Brazil, and the African slave trade / Gerald Horne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horne, Gerald.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slave trade--America--History--19th century.

Slave trade.

Slavery--United States--History--19th century.

Slavery.

Slavery--Brazil--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2007.

Summary:

During its heyday in the nineteenth century, the African slave trade was fueled by the close relationship of the United States and Brazil. The Deepest South tells the disturbing story of how U.S. nationals - before and after Emancipation -- continued to actively participate in this odious commerce by creating diplomatic, social, and political ties with Brazil, which today has the largest population of African origin outside of Africa itself. Proslavery Americans began to accelerate their presence in Brazil in the 1830's, creating alliances there-sometimes friendly, often contentious-with Portug

Contents:

Toward the empire of Brazil

Into Africa

Buying and kidnapping Africans

Wise

Crisis

The U.S. to seize the Amazon

Making the slave trade legal

The Civil War begins/the slave trade continues

Deport U.S. Negroes to Brazil

Confederates to Brazil

The end of slavery and the slave trade.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-322) and index.

ISBN:

9780814790731

0814790739

9780814737286

0814737285

OCLC:

244102016