BY THE AUTHOR.
PREFACE.
When I began the study of the Domestic Slave Trade of the Southern States I had no idea of the conclusions as herein found. Especially is this true of Chapters III. and IV. I have spared no pains to be accurate in all statements of fact.
The material for this work was collected in the Yale University Library in New Haven, Connecticut, and in the Congressional Library at Washington. The sources used are to be found in the appended bibliography. The most helpful were books of travel, newspapers and periodicals, Statistics of Southern States and the United States Census Reports.
W.H. Collins.
Claremont College,
Hickory, N.C.
February 22, 1904.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| [CHAPTER I.] | |
| A Sketch of the Rise of the Trade in AfricanSlaves and of the Foreign Slave Trade of theSouthern States | [1] |
| [CHAPTER II.] | |
| The Causes of the Rise and Development of theDomestic Slave Trade | [21] |
| [CHAPTER III.] | |
| The Amount and Extent of the Trade | [36] |
| [CHAPTER IV.] | |
| Were Some States Engaged in Breeding and RaisingNegroes for Sale? | [68] |
| [CHAPTER V.] | |
| The Kidnapping and Selling of Free Negroes intoSlavery | [84] |
| [CHAPTER VI.] | |
| Slave "Prisons," Markets, Character of Traders, etc. | [96] |
| [CHAPTER VII.] | |
| Laws of the Southern States with Reference toImportation and Exportation of Slaves | [109] |
| [Bibliography] | [140] |
THE DOMESTIC SLAVE TRADE OF THE SOUTHERN STATES.