Last Slave Ships - New York and the End of the Middle Passage

John Harris explores how New York City became one of the last major hubs of the illegal transatlantic slave trade in the 1850s and 1860s and how the U.S. government went from ignoring, and even abetting, this trade to helping to shut down it down in 1867.

About the author

John Harris is assistant professor of history at Erskine College.

Product details

• Authors: John Harris, John (University College London) Harris
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9780300261493
• ISBN: 978-0-300-26149-3
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, maritime history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Slavery and abolition of slavery