A Horde of Foreign Freebooters: The U.S. and the Suppression of the Slave Trade

A Horde of Foreign Freebooters: The U.S. and the Suppression of the Slave Trade

Between 1808 and 1820, the U.S. Congress enacted increasingly punitive laws against slave trading. This paper argues that these acts were used to protect U.S. commerce and assert national sovereignty against other nations since, during this time period, the lines between pirate and legal merchant of...

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Main Author: Sarah Batterson is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of New Hampshire. Her research analyzes the role of the United States in the suppression of the Atlantic slave trade and the obstacles preventing the effective prohibition of the trade.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Diacronie 2013-04-01
Series:Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea
Subjects:
slave trade
smuggling
Florida
commerce
national power
tratta degli schiavi
contrabbando
commercio
potere nazionale
Online Access:http://www.studistorici.com/2013/04/29/batterson_numero_13/

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