The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America 1638-1870

by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

"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.