Title:
The Slave Trade in America
Date:
1900
Scope & Content:
Magazine article regarding the slave trade in America.
Third Paper– The suppression of the slave–trade.
Net profit on an "average" slave ship.
Act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States.
Great Britain's influence on other countries to end slave traffic.
Murder of slaves to escape capture of outlawed slave ships.
Treaty between the United States and Great Britain by which the U. S. agreed to maintain a squadron on the coast of Africa for suppression of slave trade.
The execution of Captain Nathaniel Gordon, noted slaver.
13 pages
Third Paper– The suppression of the slave–trade.
Net profit on an "average" slave ship.
Act to prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States.
Great Britain's influence on other countries to end slave traffic.
Murder of slaves to escape capture of outlawed slave ships.
Treaty between the United States and Great Britain by which the U. S. agreed to maintain a squadron on the coast of Africa for suppression of slave trade.
The execution of Captain Nathaniel Gordon, noted slaver.
13 pages
Object ID:
DOC.1900–00–00B
Object Name:
Magazine article
Collection:
Slaves – Black History
People:
Drake, Richard
Stark, George
Ramsey, Capt.
Homans, Capt.
Lafitte
Jackson, Gen.
Perry, M. C. (Commodore)
Foote, Adm.
Hopkins, John Henry
Gordon, Nathaniel (Capt.)
Stark, George
Ramsey, Capt.
Homans, Capt.
Lafitte
Jackson, Gen.
Perry, M. C. (Commodore)
Foote, Adm.
Hopkins, John Henry
Gordon, Nathaniel (Capt.)
Search Terms:
slave trade
slavery
slaves
slavery
slaves