Economic Growth and the Ending of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Contents......Page 10
Tables......Page 12
Figures......Page 15
I: Antislavery in the Context of British Expansion and Industrialization......Page 16
1 Capitalism and Abolition in Britain: Some Scenarios......Page 18
2 Antislavery and the Labor Problem: Origin and Impact......Page 32
II: The Atlantic Slave System, 1760–1830......Page 44
3 The Atlantic Market for Slaves at the Close of the Legal Slave Trade......Page 46
4 The Restructuring of the Slave Trade, 1780s to 1820s......Page 62
5 Africa and the Initial Impact of Abolition......Page 77
III: The Abolitionist Assault on Slave Traffic, 1820–50......Page 94
6 The Direction and Scope of the Attack on the Slave Trade......Page 96
7 The Ambivalence of Suppression......Page 117
IV: The Mechanics of the Illegal Slave Trade: Economic and Political Aspects, 1820–70......Page 138
8 The Impact of Suppression on the Middle Passage......Page 140
9 The Slave-Trading Firm Under Suppression......Page 160
10 Suppression and the Supply of Slaves from Africa......Page 179
11 The Markets for Slaves in the Americas......Page 200
V: The Midcentury Atlantic Economy and Final Suppression, 1830–70......Page 220
12 Suppression Effected......Page 222
13 The Consequences of Suppression in Africa and the Americas......Page 238
A: Volume of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, 1781–1867......Page 256
B: Age and Sex of Slaves Entering the Transatlantic Slave Trade After 1810......Page 270
C: Price of Slaves in the Transatlantic Slave Trade After 1810......Page 275
D: Mortality in the Nineteenth-Century Slave Traffic......Page 280
E: Costs and Profits in the Illegal Slave Trade......Page 284
F: Plantation Output and Productivity Estimates in the Nineteenth-Century Americas......Page 298
G: Exchange Rates and Price Level Adjustments......Page 305
Notes......Page 308
Sources......Page 414
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