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The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America 1638-1870
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Title: The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America 1638-1870
Author: W. E. B. Du Bois
Release Date: February 7, 2006 [EBook #17700]
Language: English
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THE SUPPRESSION OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE-TRADE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1638-1870
Volume I Harvard Historical Studies
1896
Longmans, Green, and Co. New York
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Preface
This monograph was begun during my residence as Rogers Memorial Fellow at Harvard University, and is based mainly upon a study of the sources, i.e., national, State, and colonial statutes, Congressional documents, reports of societies, personal narratives, etc. The collection of laws available for this research was, I think, nearly complete; on the other hand, facts and statistics bearing on the economic side of the study have been difficult to find, and my conclusions are consequently liable to modi
The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America 1638-1870
by W.E.B. Du Bois