Add to ORKGIn 1820 the Plattsburgh was condemned for violating federal anti-slave trade legislation. This little known, rarely cited Supreme Court decision is important, because it pierces the veneer of romanticism that has been allowed to sugar over our recollection of Baltimore\u27s maritime history. The case indicates that some of the most prominent ship owners and captains at the time, including Thomas Sheppard, John N. D\u27Arcy, Henry Didier, and Thomas Boyle, have links to the slave trade. This paper explores the cruel realities of the international slave trade, the ineffective federal laws aimed at prohibiting it, and the efforts by merchants to circumvent federal law in order to make money on the suffering of the innocent
The interstate slave trade grew from a haphazard and intermittent enterprise in the early years of t...
Ruprecht’s text developed from her contribution to an international symposium held in 2006 organised...
Only a few decades ago, it was possible to write accounts of the culture or economy of the antebellu...
In 1820 the Plattsburgh was condemned for violating federal anti-slave trade legislation. This littl...
In United States v. Gooding, the Supreme Court quashed an indictment against John Gooding for engagi...
(Statement of Responsibility) by Alexis Girard d'Albissin(Thesis) Thesis (B.A.) -- New College of ...
This dissertation examines and reconstructs the lives of fugitive slaves who used the maritime indus...
This dissertation examines and reconstructs the lives of fugitive slaves who used the maritime indus...
The international policing of the Atlantic slave trade transformed U.S. ideas and attitudes about in...
This dissertation examines the U.S. suppression of the slave trade from the ratification of the Cons...
2019 University Libraries Undergraduate Research Award Winner---This paper focuses on the communicat...
Between 1837 and 1852, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Roger B. Taney was severly divided over...
This article explores the relationship between the law of maritime labor and the law of slavery. In ...
Between 1822 and 1857, eight Southern states barred the ingress of all free black maritime workers. ...
Charles Tyng has been heralded as an American hero after the posthumous publication of his memoir, B...
The interstate slave trade grew from a haphazard and intermittent enterprise in the early years of t...
Ruprecht’s text developed from her contribution to an international symposium held in 2006 organised...
Only a few decades ago, it was possible to write accounts of the culture or economy of the antebellu...
In 1820 the Plattsburgh was condemned for violating federal anti-slave trade legislation. This littl...
In United States v. Gooding, the Supreme Court quashed an indictment against John Gooding for engagi...
(Statement of Responsibility) by Alexis Girard d'Albissin(Thesis) Thesis (B.A.) -- New College of ...
This dissertation examines and reconstructs the lives of fugitive slaves who used the maritime indus...
This dissertation examines and reconstructs the lives of fugitive slaves who used the maritime indus...
The international policing of the Atlantic slave trade transformed U.S. ideas and attitudes about in...
This dissertation examines the U.S. suppression of the slave trade from the ratification of the Cons...
2019 University Libraries Undergraduate Research Award Winner---This paper focuses on the communicat...
Between 1837 and 1852, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Roger B. Taney was severly divided over...
This article explores the relationship between the law of maritime labor and the law of slavery. In ...
Between 1822 and 1857, eight Southern states barred the ingress of all free black maritime workers. ...
Charles Tyng has been heralded as an American hero after the posthumous publication of his memoir, B...
The interstate slave trade grew from a haphazard and intermittent enterprise in the early years of t...
Ruprecht’s text developed from her contribution to an international symposium held in 2006 organised...
Only a few decades ago, it was possible to write accounts of the culture or economy of the antebellu...