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Slaves, Ships, and Citizenship: Congressional Response to the Coastwise Slave Trade and Status of Slaves on the High Seas, 1830-1842

Between 1830 and 1842, the United States coastwise slave trade raised several issues and provoked numerous debates in Congress. The purpose of this study is to determine the role of the coastwise slave trade and its effect upon attitudes toward slavery in Congress during this period. The primary sources used include official government documents, unpublished and published papers, correspondence, diaries, speeches, and memoirs. This study concludes that the issues raised by the coastwise slave trade crisis and debated in Congress between 1830 and 1842 contributed to the decline of southern dominance in national politics and provided abolitionists with a vital motivation of antislavery agitation in the United States Congress.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663617
Date05 1900
CreatorsGreen, Barbara Layenette, 1950-
ContributorsVaughn, William Preston, Smith, John T.
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatvii, 85 leaves: map, Text
RightsPublic, Green, Barbara Layenette, 1950-, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights

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