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xiii, 415 pages 24 cm Through correspondence with people involved in the slave trade and interviews with former slaves, Bancroft exposed the commercial aspects of the American slave trade, including the breeding of slaves for future sale, the separation of slave families, the profitability of the trade, and the integration of slave traders into the highest ranks of southern society Includes bibliographical references Some phases of the background -- Early domestic slave-trading -- The District of Columbia, "The very seat and center" -- The importance of slave-rearing -- Virginia and the Richmond market -- Here and there in Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri -- Slave-hiring -- The height of the slave-trade in Charleston -- Dividing families and selling children separately, restrictions -- Savannah's leading trader and his largest sale -- Minor trading in the Carolinas, Georgia and Tennessee -- Memphis: the Boltons, the Forrests and others -- Various features of the interstate trade -- Some Alabama and Mississippi markets -- New Orleans, the mistress of the trade -- High prices and "the Negro-fever" -- The status of slave-trading -- Estimates as to numbers, transactions and value

Author

Introd. by Allan Nevins

Publisher

New York, Ungar

Published

1959

Language

EN

Subjects

Political Science, History, Humanities

Updated

2026-03-24