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Contents |
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Tables |
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Figures |
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I: Antislavery in the Context of British Expansion and Industrialization |
16 |
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1 Capitalism and Abolition in Britain: Some Scenarios |
18 |
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2 Antislavery and the Labor Problem: Origin and Impact |
32 |
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II: The Atlantic Slave System, 1760–1830 |
44 |
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3 The Atlantic Market for Slaves at the Close of the Legal Slave Trade |
46 |
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4 The Restructuring of the Slave Trade, 1780s to 1820s |
62 |
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5 Africa and the Initial Impact of Abolition |
77 |
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III: The Abolitionist Assault on Slave Traffic, 1820–50 |
94 |
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6 The Direction and Scope of the Attack on the Slave Trade |
96 |
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7 The Ambivalence of Suppression |
117 |
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IV: The Mechanics of the Illegal Slave Trade: Economic and Political Aspects, 1820–70 |
138 |
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8 The Impact of Suppression on the Middle Passage |
140 |
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9 The Slave-Trading Firm Under Suppression |
160 |
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10 Suppression and the Supply of Slaves from Africa |
179 |
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11 The Markets for Slaves in the Americas |
200 |
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V: The Midcentury Atlantic Economy and Final Suppression, 1830–70 |
220 |
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12 Suppression Effected |
222 |
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13 The Consequences of Suppression in Africa and the Americas |
238 |
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Appendixes |
256 |
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A: Volume of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, 1781–1867 |
256 |
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B: Age and Sex of Slaves Entering the Transatlantic Slave Trade After 1810 |
270 |
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C: Price of Slaves in the Transatlantic Slave Trade After 1810 |
275 |
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D: Mortality in the Nineteenth-Century Slave Traffic |
280 |
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E: Costs and Profits in the Illegal Slave Trade |
284 |
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F: Plantation Output and Productivity Estimates in the Nineteenth-Century Americas |
298 |
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G: Exchange Rates and Price Level Adjustments |
305 |
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Notes |
308 |
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Sources |
414 |
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Index |
420 |
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