The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America

"The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America" by W. E. B. Du Bois is a doctoral thesis completed in 1894. This groundbreaking work traces the complex history of the slave trade from colonial times through the Civil War era. Du Bois examines slavery's role in the American Revolution, its protection by the Constitution, the impact of the Haitian Revolution on Southern slave owners, and the economics of slave-produced cotton that shaped the nation's destiny. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
Title The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America
1638-1870
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Suppression_of_the_African_Slave-trade_to_the_United_States_of_America
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 63.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)
Subject Slave trade -- United States -- History
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EBook-No. 17700
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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