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Subject(s)

• Slave trade—North America—History [Browse]

Series

• Carolina lowcountry and the Atlantic world [More in this series]
• The Carolina lowcountry and the Atlantic world

Summary note

• "McMillin examines the volume and business of importing slaves from 1783 to 1810, the African origins of those captives, and their treatment by shippers and North American merchants. Tracing a shift in North American slaving commerce from New England to the lower South, McMillin tracks the vessels that imported slaves to America, particularly into Charleston, Savannah, and New Orleans. McMillin suggests that previous scholars have underestimated the number of slave voyages and consequently the magnitude of American overseas slave trading during this era.
• He maintains the founding fathers did little to discourage the importation of slaves and asserts that - with the lengthening duration and distance of the notorious "middle passage"--Conditions for African captives most likely worsened after the Revolution."--Jacket.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-194) and index.

System details

System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: PC or Macintosh; Windows XP Home/XP Professional/2000 Professional/ME/98 or Mac OS X/9; Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 or higher; CD-ROM drive.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• Introduction
• Demand and supply
• The volume of the foreign slave trade to North America, 1783-1810
• Foreign slave origins
• North American slave merchants
• The nature of the North American slave trade between 1787 and 1808
• Conclusion.

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ISBN

1570035466 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2004002625

OCLC

54415883

RCP

H - S

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