# The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America

_1638-1870_

By W. E. B. 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. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Slave trade -- United States -- History

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America, Volume 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/15146) by W. E. B. Du Bois (6 h 56 min, English)

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