“The Slave Trade – The Administration”

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As the legal and illegal importation of African enslaved people into Brazil and Cuba continued in the early 1860s, antislavery advocates pressed the Buchanan administration to end the participation of U.S.-based ships. They contrasted the U.S. government’s passive stance on this to the British government which, since the 1830s, had stationed a squadron of ships in Africa dedicated to stopping and seizing vessels carrying the enslaved. This vigorous effort has been estimated by one historian to have cut the importation of enslaved people into Brazil and Cuba (the only major places where it was still legal to enslave people from Africa) by 30 to 50 percent in the 1850s. However, despite the risks, some U.S. shipowners continued to trade in enslaved people as the profits often outweighed the risks.

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Item typePeriodicals
Newspaper
Article
PublisherGreenfield Gazette and Courier
Date1860-10-01
PlaceGreenfield, Massachusetts; Washington, D.C.
TopicSlavery, Indenture
African American, Black Life
Transportation, Travel, Tourism
Commerce, Business, Trade, Consumerism
Politics, Government, Law, Civics
Manners, Morals, Ethics
Civil Rights, Protest, Dissent
EraNational Expansion and Reform, 1816–1860
MaterialPaper
Process/FormatPrinting
Dimension detailsProcess Material: printed paper, ink Height: 12.00 in Width: 2.50 in
Catalog #L02.114
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Greenfield Gazette and Courier. “The Slave Trade – The Administration.” October 1, 1860. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l02-114/. Accessed on October 10, 2024.

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