The deepest south the United States, Brazil, and the African slave trade

Summary: During its heyday in the nineteenth century, the African slave trade was fueled by the close relationship of the United States and Brazil. The Deepest South tells the disturbing story of how U.S. nationals - before and after Emancipation -- continued to actively participate in this odious commerce by creating diplomatic, social, and political ties with Brazil, which today has the largest population of African origin outside of Africa itself. Proslavery Americans began to accelerate their presence in Brazil in the 1830s, creating alliances there-sometimes friendly, often contentious-with Portug

Record details

ISBN: 0814736890 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780814736890 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0814736882 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780814736883 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0814737285 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780814737286 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (v, 341 p.) : ill.
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electronic resource
Publisher: New York : New York University Press, c2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-322) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Toward the empire of Brazil -- Into Africa -- Buying and kidnapping Africans -- Wise -- Crisis -- The U.S. to seize the Amazon -- Making the slave trade legal -- The Civil War begins/the slave trade continues -- Deport U.S. Negroes to Brazil -- Confederates to Brazil -- The end of slavery and the slave trade.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.