Slave Trading in the Old South
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Slave Trading in the Old South

  1. 484 pages
  2. English
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Slave Trading in the Old South

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Overwhelming evidence against the historical view of slavery as a benevolent "peculiar institution"

Posting what he called "a most deadly array of facts, " Frederic Bancroft exploded deeply entrenched myths about antebellum slavery when Slave Trading in the Old South was first published in 1931. As fresh and informative today as it was then, the classic study returns to print, giving a new generation of historians, students, and history enthusiasts access to Bancroft's pioneering examination of the domestic slave trade.

Drawing largely on research that could not be duplicated today—correspondence with individuals involved in the slave trade and interviews with former slaves—Bancroft exposed the commercial aspects of the enterprise, including the "breeding" and "rearing" of slaves for future sale to western states and territories, the separation of slave families, and the profitability of the practice. By showing that the slave trade so thoroughly dominated the South, Bancroft demonstrated antebellum slavery to be an essentially commercial, exploitative, and cruel industry rather than, as many historians have claimed, a benevolent "peculiar institution" in which the selling of slaves was a relatively rare exchange between neighbors. He also discredited the notion that slave traders were social outcasts, finding instead that they came from even the highest ranks of Southern society.

Michael Tadman's new introduction offers a comprehensive, thoughtful analysis of the evolving historical literature on the subject, reminding readers of the devastating effects the slave trade had both on Southern society as a whole and on its principal victims.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. SLAVE TRADING IN THE OLD SOUTH
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. CONTENTS
  6. ILLUSTRATIONS
  7. GENERAL EDITOR’S PREFACE
  8. INTRODUCTION BY MICHAEL TADMAN
  9. I. SOME PHASES OF THE BACKGROUND
  10. II. EARLY DOMESTIC SLAVE-TRADING
  11. III. THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA “THE VERY SEAT AND CENTER”
  12. IV. THE IMPORTANCE OF SLAVE-REARING
  13. V. VIRGINIA AND THE RICHMOND MARKET
  14. VI. HERE AND THERE IN MARYLAND, KENTUCKY AND MISSOURI
  15. VII. SLAVE-HIRING
  16. VIII. THE HEIGHT OF THE SLAVE-TRADE IN CHARLESTON
  17. IX. DIVIDING FAMILIES AND SELLING CHILDREN SEPARATELY.—RESTRICTIONS
  18. X. SAVANNAH’S LEADING TRADER AND HIS LARGEST SALE
  19. XI. MINOR TRADING IN THE CAROLINAS, GEORGIA AND TENNESSEE
  20. XII. MEMPHIS: THE BOLTONS, THE FORRESTS AND OTHERS
  21. XIII. VARIOUS FEATURES OF THE INTERSTATE TRADE
  22. XIV. SOME ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI MARKETS
  23. XV. NEW ORLEANS THE MISTRESS OF THE TRADE
  24. XVI. HIGH PRICES AND “THE NEGRO-FEVER”
  25. XVII. THE STATUS OF SLAVE-TRADING
  26. XVIII. ESTIMATES AS TO NUMBERS, TRANSACTIONS AND VALUE
  27. INDEX