The suppression of the African slave trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870 / W.E.B. Du Bois ; series editor, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; introduction by Saidiya Hartman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963.

Series:

Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. Selections. 2007. Works.

The Oxford W.E.B. Du Bois

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--United States--History.

Slavery.

Slave trade--United States--History.

Slave trade.

Slavery--Law and legislation--United States--History.

Antislavery movements--United States--History.

Antislavery movements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2007]

Summary:

W. E. B. Du Bois was a public intellectual, sociologist, and activist on behalf of the African American community. He profoundly shaped black political culture in the United States through his founding role in the NAACP, as well as internationally through the Pan-African movement. DuBois's sociological and historical research on African-American communities and culture broke ground in many areas, including the history of the post-Civil War Reconstruction period. Du Bois was also a prolific author of novels, autobiographical accounts, innumerable editorials and journalistic pieces, and several

Contents:

The planting colonies

The farming colonies

The trading colonies

The period of revolution, 1774-1787

The federal convention, 1787

Toussaint L'Ouverture and anti-slavery effort, 1787-1806

The period of attempted suppression, 1807-1825

The international status of the slave-trade, 1783-1862

The rise of the cotton kingdom, 1820-1850

The final crisis, 1850-1870

The essentials in the struggle.

Notes:

Originally published: New York ; London : Longmans, Green and Co., 1896. With a new introduction.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-938436-3

0-19-938435-5

OCLC:

875097843