No God but gain, the untold story of Cuban slavery, the Monroe doctrine, and the making of the United States, Stephen M. Chambers
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No God but gain, the untold story of Cuban slavery, the Monroe doctrine, and the making of the United States, Stephen M. Chambers
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
No God but gain
Nature of contents
dictionariesbibliography
Oclc number
919611886
Responsibility statement
Stephen M. Chambers
Sub title
the untold story of Cuban slavery, the Monroe doctrine, and the making of the United States
Summary
From 1501 to 1867 more than 12.5 million Africans were brought to the Americas in chains, and many millionsdied as a result of the slave trade. The US constitution set a 20-year time limit on US participation in the trade, and on January 1, 1808, it was abolished. And yet, despite the spread of abolitionism on both sides of the Atlantic, despite numerous laws and treaties passed to curb the slave trade, and despite the dispatch of naval squadrons to patrol the coasts of Africa and the Americas, the slave trade did not end in 1808. Fully 25 percent of all the enslaved Africans to arrive in the Americas were brought -- illegal In an engrossing, elegant, enjoyably readable narrative, Stephen M. Chambers not only shows how illegal slavery has been wholly overlooked in histories of the early Republic, he reveals the crucial role the slave trade played in the lives and fortunes of figures like John Quincy Adams and the "generation of 1815,"the post-revolution cohort that shaped US foreign policy. This is a landmark history that will forever revise the way the early Republic and American economic development is seen. From the Hardcover edition
Table Of Contents
Introduction: The Generation of 1815 -- Smugglers -- Lawyers -- Consuls -- Opportunists -- Slavemongers -- Assassins -- Merchant-Statesmen -- Presidents -- Speculators -- Executioners -- Conclusion: Illegal Slave Trade, American Empire
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adult
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- Slave trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Slavery + Economic aspects -- United States -- History
- Social Sciences
- Slavery + Political aspects -- United States -- History
- États-Unis -- Expansion territoriale -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Esclaves + Commerce -- Cuba -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
- Cuba -- Relations -- États-Unis
- Développement économique -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Slave trade -- Cuba -- History -- 19th century
- Electronic books
- Doctrine de Monroe
- Sociology & Social History
- Economic development -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- Territorial expansion -- History -- 19th century
- Monroe doctrine
- Communities - Social Classes
- Slavery -- Cuba -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- Relations -- Cuba
- Esclaves + Commerce -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Cuba -- Relations -- United States
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
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- Slave trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Slavery + Economic aspects -- United States -- History
- Social Sciences
- Slavery + Political aspects -- United States -- History
- États-Unis -- Expansion territoriale -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Esclaves + Commerce -- Cuba -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
- Cuba -- Relations -- États-Unis
- Développement économique -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Slave trade -- Cuba -- History -- 19th century
- Electronic books
- Doctrine de Monroe
- Sociology & Social History
- Economic development -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- Territorial expansion -- History -- 19th century
- Monroe doctrine
- Communities - Social Classes
- Slavery -- Cuba -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- Relations -- Cuba
- Esclaves + Commerce -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Cuba -- Relations -- United States
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- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
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