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The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638 - 1870 (Hardcover) (Hardcover)
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The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade to the United States of America, 1638 - 1870 (Hardcover) (Hardcover)
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This historical account of the transatlantic slave trade between
Africa and the United States is filled with a wealth of records,
details and analyses of its attempted suppression. The various
moral, economic and religious arguments against slavery were clear
from the outset of the practice in the early 16th century. The
ownership of a human life as an economic commodity was decried from
religious circles from the earliest days as an immoral affront to
basic human dignity. However the practice of gaining lifelong labor
in exchange only for a basic degree of care meant slavery persisted
for centuries across the New World as a lucrative endeavor. The
colonial United States would, from the early 17th century, receive
many thousands of slaves from Africa. Many of the slaves
transported were sent to work on plantations and farms which
steadily spread across the warmer southern states of the nation.
Others would do manual work on the docks, for instance moving goods
in the fledgling trading colonies.
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