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 trade--America--History.

Slave traders--United States--History.

Slave traders.

America.

Brazil.

Cuba.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

An investigation of US participation in the transatlantic slave trade to the Americas, from the American Revolution to the Civil War 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 in Brazil and Cuba. Slavery in these nations, as Marques shows, contributed to the mounting tensions that would ultimately lead to the U.S. Civil War. Taking a truly Atlantic perspective, Marques outlines the multiple forms of U.S. involvement in this traffic amid various legislation and shifting international relations, exploring the global processes that shaped the history of this participation.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. North American Slave Traders in the Age of Revolution, 1776-1807

3. Transitions, 1808-1820

4. The Consolidation of the Contraband Slave Trade, 1820-1850

5. The United States and the Contraband Slave Trade to Brazil, 1831-1856

6. Slave Trading in the Slaveholding Republic, 1851-1858

7. Crisis, 1859-1867

8. Conclusion

Abbreviations

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300224733

0300224737

OCLC:

959712867