THE SUPPRESSION OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE-TRADE W. E. B. Du Bois Author

ContentsCHAPTER IINTRODUCTORY 1. _Plan of the Monograph_ 9 2. _The Rise of the English Slave-Trade_ 9CHAPTER IITHE PLANTING COLONIES 3. _Character of these Colonies_ ... Read more

ContentsCHAPTER IINTRODUCTORY 1. _Plan of the Monograph_ 9 2. _The Rise of the English Slave-Trade_ 9CHAPTER IITHE PLANTING COLONIES 3. _Character of these Colonies_ 15 4. _Restrictions in Georgia_ 15 5. _Restrictions in South Carolina_ 16 6. _Restrictions in North Carolina_ 19 7. _Restrictions in Virginia_ 19 8. _Restrictions in Maryland_ 22 9. _General Character of these Restrictions_ 23CHAPTER IIITHE FARMING COLONIES 10. _Character of these Colonies_ 24 11. _The Dutch Slave-Trade_ 24 12. _Restrictions in New York_ 25 13. _Restrictions in Pennsylvania and Delaware_ 28 14. _Restrictions in New Jersey_ 32 15. _General Character of these Restrictions_ 33CHAPTER IVTHE TRADING COLONIES 16. _Character of these Colonies_ 34 17. _New England and the Slave-Trade_ 34 18. _Restrictions in New Hampshire_ 36 19. _Restrictions in Massachusetts_ 37 20. _Restrictions in Rhode Island_ 40 21. _Restrictions in Connecticut_ 43 22. _General Character of these Restrictions_ 44CHAPTER VTHE PERIOD OF THE REVOLUTION, 1774-1787 23. _The Situation in 1774_ 45 24. _The Condition of the Slave-Trade_ 46 25. _The Slave-Trade and the Association_ 47 26. _The Action of the Colonies_ 48 27. _The Action of the Continental Congress_ 49 28. _Reception of the Slave-Trade Resolution_ 51 29. _Results of the Resolution_ 52 30. _The Slave-Trade and Public Opinion after the War_ 53 31. _The Action of the Confederation_ 56CHAPTER VITHE FEDERAL CONVENTION, 1787 32. _The First Proposition_ 58 33. _The General Debate_ 59 34. _The Special Committee and the Bargain_ 62 35. _The Appeal to the Convention_ 64 36. _Settlement by the Convention_ 66 37. _Reception of the Clause by the Nation_ 67 38. _Attitude of the State Conventions_ 70 39. _Acceptance of the Policy_ 72CHAPTER VIITOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE AND ANTI-SLAVERY EFFORT, 1787-1807 40. _Influence of the Haytian Revolution_ 74 41. _Legislation of the Southern States_ 75 42. _Legislation of the Border States_ 76 43. _Legislation of the Eastern States_ 76 44. _First Debate in Congress, 1789_ 77 45. _Second Debate in Congress, 1790_ 79 46. _The Declaration of Powers, 1790_ 82 47. _The Act of 1794_ 83 48. _The Act of 1800_ 85 49. _The Act of 1803_ 87 50. _State of the Slave-Trade from 1789 to 1803_ 88 51. _The South Carolina Repeal of 1803_ 89 52. _The Louisiana Slave-Trade, 1803-1805_ 91 53. _Last Attempts at Taxation, 1805-1806_ 94 54. _Key-Note of the Period_ 96CHAPTER VIIITHE PERIOD OF ATTEMPTED SUPPRESSION, 1807-1825 55. _The Act of 1807_ 97 56. _The First Question: How shall illegally imported Africans be disposed of?_ 99 57. _The Second Question: How shall Violations be punished?_ 104 58. _The Third Question: How shall the Interstate Coastwise Slave-Trade be protected?_ Less