The last slave ships : New York and the end of the middle passage /

A stunning behind-the-curtain look into the last years of the illegal transatlantic slave trade in the United States. Long after the transatlantic slave trade was officially outlawed in the early nineteenth century by every major slave trading nation, merchants based in the United States were still...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Harris, John (Professor of history) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
1800-1899
Slave trade > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
Slave trade > United States > History > 19th century.
Slavery > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
Slavery > United States > History > 19th century.
Slave ships > Atlantic Ocean.
Esclaves > Commerce > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Esclaves > Commerce > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Esclavage > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Négriers (Navires) > Atlantique, Océan.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Slave ships.
Slave trade.
Slavery.
Atlantic Ocean.
New York (State) > New York.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • INTRODUCTION. The Midcentury Moment
  • ONE. The Final Triangle Takes Shape
  • TWO. Slave Traders at Work
  • THREE. Aboard an Illegal American Slaver
  • FOUR. Ring of Spies
  • FIVE. American Politics and American Suppression
  • EPILOGUE. Atlantic Reverberations
  • Notes
  • Index

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