The United States and the Transatlantic Slave Trade to the Americas, 1776-1867

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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.  Cover Half-title Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgments ONE: Introduction TWO: North American Slave Traders in the Age of Revolution, 1776–1807 THREE: Transitions, 1808–1820 FOUR: The Consolidation of the Contraband Slave Trade, 1820–1850 FIVE: The United States and the Contraband Slave Trade to Brazil, 1831–1856 SIX: Slave Trading in the Slaveholding Republic, 1851–1858 SEVEN: Crisis, 1859–1867 EIGHT: Conclusion List of Abbreviations Notes Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Z