Freebooters and Smugglers
The Foreign Slave Trade in the United States After 1808
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11848525 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Gudmestad (Texas A&M University at Qatar, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2008-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Civil War Book Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1528-6592 • E-ISSN: 1528-6592 |
| Publisher | Louisiana State University (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.31390/cwbr.10.4.14 |
| OpenAlex | W4391867662 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
has now taken up the task of fleshing out and expanding Du Bois's original argument.Where Du Bois emphasized the founding generation's complicity in the slave trade, Obadele-Starks demonstrates that the federal government possessed neither the power nor the disposition to impair smuggling and was complicit in the spread of slavery.While Du Bois argued that the 1850s was the zenith of the illegal trade, Obadele-Starks sees the trade between 1810 and 1850 as significant.In arguing for the continued persistence of the illegal trade, Obadele-Starks believes smuggling helped perpetuate slavery and, by extension, exacerbated the sectional conflict
Economics · International economics · International trade · Political science · Colonialism, slavery, and trade
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |