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The Deepest South: The United States, Brazil, and the African Slave Trade [NOOK Book]
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About the Author:
Gerald Horne is Moores Professor of History and African-American Studies at the University of Houston
Introduction 1
Toward the Empire of Brazil 17
Into Africa 33
Buying and Kidnapping Africans 53
Wise? 67
Crisis 85
The U.S. to Seize the Amazon? 107
Making the Slave Trade Legal? 128
The Civil War Begins/The Slave Trade Continues 151
Deport U.S. Negroes to Brazil? 172
Confederates to Brazil 198
The End of Slavery and the Slave Trade? 222
Epilogue 244
Notes 255
Index 323
About the Author 341
Overview
During its heyday in the nineteenth century, the African slave trade was fueled by the close relationship of the United States and Brazil. The Deepest South tells the disturbing story of how U.S. nationals-before and after Emancipation-continued to actively participate in this odious commerce by creating diplomatic, social, and political ties with Brazil, which today has the largest population of African origin outside of Africa itself. Based on extensive research from archives on five continents, Gerald Horne breaks startling new ground in the history of slavery, uncovering its global dimensions and the degrees to ...