The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America
- Reading level
- Plain English
- Price
- Free
About the book
"The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America" by W. E. B. Du Bois is a doctoral thesis completed in 1894. This groundbreaking work traces the complex history of the slave trade from colonial times through the Civil War era. Du Bois examines slavery's role in the American Revolution, its protection by the Constitution, the impact of the Haitian Revolution on Southern slave owners, and the economics of slave-produced cotton that shaped the nation's destiny.
- Slave trade
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #17700. The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America on Wikipedia.
