Christine MacLeod Quotes
English merchants were responsible for shipping over three million slaves (half the total) from Africa to the slave plantations of the Caribbean and southern USA, before their trade's abolition by parliament in 1807
Christine MacLeod, English Historian, Industry and Invention, January 2001
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He was also himself a ship owner in the slave trade and he was the brother of the leading Rhode Island abolitionist, Moses Brown. See {585793}. Brown became the first American, prosecuted in federal court for illegal slave trading –-- a prosecution brought, in part, by his own brother. He was, however, acquitted.
See the Vermont Constitution for another variant of how slavery was abolished: {616994}
At first, this law appears to be an attack on slavery. It was seen as a major step forward and an important symbol in the right direction by abolitionists. But there were Congressional agreements—a price of having a Union and a Nation—not to even discuss the legality of slavery in America. The Southerners could easily have blocked this, but they were so secure in their confidence that they did not object—to the surprise of some Northern Abolitionists. The President, Jefferson, even held slaves then. In a sense, the existing Southern slaveholders out maneuvered the abolitionists. The latter got their symbol, but the slave owners received a fortune. They could breed slaves in almost any number they wanted. And they could now sell their “property” at high prices without the competition of all the entrepreneurs who were making a quick buck in the International Slave Trade. The prices became so high that in the period before the outbreak of the Civil War over slavery. The economic value of the slaves of the South was greater than all the land, factories, minerals, crops and animas of the South all together,
This treaty shows slaves were a major currency of the times and cultures. The Arab Armies of Egypt and the Nubians with this treaty declared an armistice. The extensive Arab use of Black slaves officially begun at this time, has plagued Africa since. Arab slave traders were the middle men who met the European and American demand for slaves until the 19th century. Even at the millennium the Sudanese civil war between the Arab North and Black South has reflected this resentment and hostility and has involved the Northerner’s enslaving tens of thousands of Black Southerners.
Often referred to as “The Dean of Black Historians.”
