Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of - America The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois

The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870, W. E. B. Du Bois's groundbreaking monograph, recounts the moral failures and missed opportunities of the American Revolution and the consequences of compromising with slavery. This monograph is integral to understanding Du Bois's early theories and his evolution into a leading scholar and activist.

About the author

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He has edited several major reference works, including Dictionary of African Biography, African American Lives, Africana, and African American National Biography. In addition, he is Editor in Chief of the Oxford African American Studies Center (www.oxfordaasc.com).

Summary

The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America, 1638-1870, W. E. B. Du Bois's groundbreaking monograph, recounts the moral failures and missed opportunities of the American Revolution and the consequences of compromising with slavery. This monograph is integral to understanding Du Bois's early theories and his evolution into a leading scholar and activist.

Product details

• Authors: W. E. B. Du Bois, W. E. B. Hartman Du Bois, Du Bois W. E. B., Henry Louis Gates, Saidya Hartman, Hartman Saidya
• Assisted by: Henry Louis Gates (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.02.2014
• EAN: 9780199384341
• ISBN: 978-0-19-938434-1
• No. of pages: 290
• Series: The Oxford W. E. B. Du Bois
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Ethnic Studies, HISTORY / Africa / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Black & Asian Studies, Slavery and abolition of slavery