The deepest south: the United States, Brazil, and the African slave trade
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1. Verfasser: Horne, Gerald (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York New York University Press ©2007
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-322) and index
Toward the empire of Brazil -- Into Africa -- Buying and kidnapping Africans -- Wise -- Crisis -- The U.S. to seize the Amazon -- Making the slave trade legal -- The Civil War begins/the slave trade continues -- Deport U.S. Negroes to Brazil -- Confederates to Brazil -- The end of slavery and the slave trade
During its heyday in the nineteenth century, the African slave trade was fueled by the close relationship of the United States and Brazil. The Deepest South tells the disturbing story of how U.S. nationals - before and after Emancipation -- continued to actively participate in this odious commerce by creating diplomatic, social, and political ties with Brazil, which today has the largest population of African origin outside of Africa itself. Proslavery Americans began to accelerate their presence in Brazil in the 1830s, creating alliances there-sometimes friendly, often contentious-with Portug
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ISBN:0814737285
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