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The Last Slave Ships: New York and the End of the Middle Passage
By Harris, John
- ISBN
- 9780300247336
- Publisher
- Yale Univ.
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Reviewed on October 16, 2020 | Social Sciences
In this engrossing study, Harris (history, Erskine Coll., SC) traces America's shifting relationship with the transatlantic slave trade during its last illegal period, from 1850 to 1867. Using New York and other Northeastern ports as a backdrop, Harris's astonishingly well-documented work examines how and why the United States remained in the outlawed transatlantic slave trade after 1850 but abandoned the country's involvement in the 1860s. The author also investigates the international results of its decision...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
