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Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963

"The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America 1638-1870"


[74] _Ibid._, 1847-8, p. 397 ff.
[75] _Ibid._, 1858-9, pp. 1121, 1129.
[76] _British and Foreign State Papers_, 1859-60, pp. 902-3.
[77] _House Exec. Doc._, 36 Cong. 2 sess. IV. No. 7.
[78] _Ibid._
[79] _Senate Exec. Doc._, 37 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 57.
[80] _Senate Exec. Journal_, XII. 230-1, 240, 254, 256, 391,
400, 403; _Diplomatic Correspondence_, 1862, pp. 141, 158;
_U.S. Treaties and Conventions_ (ed. 1889), pp. 454-9.
[81] _Diplomatic Correspondence_, 1862, pp. 64-5. This treaty
was revised in 1863. The mixed court in the West Indies had,
by February, 1864, liberated 95,206 Africans: _Senate Exec.
Doc._, 38 Cong. 1 sess. No. 56, p. 24.
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_Chapter X_
THE RISE OF THE COTTON KINGDOM. 1820-1850.
74. The Economic Revolution.
75. The Attitude of the South.
76. The Attitude of the North and Congress.
77. Imperfect Application of the Laws.
78. Responsibility of the Government.
79. Activity of the Slave-Trade.

74. ~The Economic Revolution.~ The history of slavery and the
slave-trade after 1820 must be read in the light of the industrial
revolution through which the civilized world passed in the first half of
the nineteenth century. Between the years 1775 and 1825 occurred
economic events and changes of the highest importance and widest
influence.


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