CHAPTER I
Introductory |
| 1. | Plan of the Monograph | 9 |
| 2. | The Rise of the English Slave-Trade | 9 |
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CHAPTER II
The 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 | 23 |
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CHAPTER III
The 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 | 33 |
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CHAPTER IV
The 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 | 44 |
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CHAPTER V
The 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 | 56 |
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CHAPTER VI
The 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 | 72 |
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CHAPTER VII
Toussaint 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 | 96 |
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CHAPTER VIII
The 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? | 106 |
| 59. | Legislative History of the Bill | 107 |
| 60. | Enforcement of the Act | 111 |
| 61. | Evidence of the Continuance of the Trade | 112 |
| 62. | Apathy of the Federal Government | 115 |
| 63. | Typical Cases | 120 |
| 64. | The Supplementary Acts, 1818–1820 | 121 |
| 65. | Enforcement of the Supplementary Acts,1818–1825 | 126 |
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CHAPTER IX
The International Status of the Slave-Trade, 1783–1862 |
| 66. | The Rise of the Movement against the Slave-Trade,1788–1807 | 133 |
| 67. | Concerted Action of the Powers, 1783–1814 | 134 |
| 68. | Action of the Powers from 1814 to 1820 | 136 |
| 69. | The Struggle for an International Right of Search, 1820–1840 | 137 |
| 70. | Negotiations of 1823–1825 | 140 |
| 71. | The Attitude of the United States and the State of the Slave-Trade | 142 |
| 72. | The Quintuple Treaty, 1839–1842 | 145 |
| 73. | Final Concerted Measures, 1842–1862 | 148 |
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CHAPTER X
The Rise of the Cotton Kingdom, 1820–1850 |
| 74. | The Economic Revolution | 152 |
| 75. | The Attitude of the South | 154 |
| 76. | The Attitude of the North and Congress | 156 |
| 77. | Imperfect Application of the Laws | 159 |
| 78. | Responsibility of the Government | 161 |
| 79. | Activity of the Slave-Trade,1820–1850 | 163 |
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CHAPTER XI
The Final Crisis, 1850–1870 |
| 80. | The Movement against the Slave-Trade Laws | 168 |
| 81. | Commercial Conventions of 1855–1856 | 169 |
| 82. | Commercial Conventions of 1857–1858 | 170 |
| 83. | Commercial Convention of 1859 | 172 |
| 84. | Public Opinion in the South | 173 |
| 85. | The Question in Congress | 174 |
| 86. | Southern Policy in 1860 | 176 |
| 87. | Increase of the Slave-Trade from 1850 to 1860 | 178 |
| 88. | Notorious Infractions of the Laws | 179 |
| 89. | Apathy of the Federal Government | 182 |
| 90. | Attitude of the Southern Confederacy | 187 |
| 91. | Attitude of the United States | 190 |
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CHAPTER XII
The Essentials in the Struggle |
| 92. | How the Question Arose | 193 |
| 93. | The Moral Movement | 194 |
| 94. | The Political Movement | 195 |
| 95. | The Economic Movement | 195 |
| 96. | The Lesson for Americans | 196 |
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| APPENDICES |
| A. | A Chronological Conspectus of Colonial and State Legislation restricting the African Slave-Trade, 1641–1787 | 199 |
| B. | A Chronological Conspectus of State, National, and International Legislation, 1788–1871 | 234 |
| C. | Typical Cases of Vessels engaged in the American Slave-Trade, 1619–1864 | 306 |
| D. | Bibliography | 316 |
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| INDEX | 347 |
