The History of Slavery and the Slave Trade by William O. Blake — 1860

Full title: The history of slavery and the slave trade, ancient and modern.: The forms of slavery that prevailed in ancient nations, particularly in Greece and Rome. The African slave trade and the political history of slavery in the United States. Compiled from authentic materials by William O. Blake. Published in Columbus, Ohio by J & H. Miller in 1860. 832pp.

Chapters include . . .

• Preliminary sketch — Ancient Slavery
• Slavery in Greece — Athenian Slaves
• Slaves of Sparta, Crete, Thessaly, &c. — The Helots
• Slavery in Rome
• Christian Slavery in Northern Africa
• African Slave Trade from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century
• Slave Traffic of the Levant — Nubian Slaves
• African Slave Trade in the Eighteenth Century
• African Slave Trade in the Eighteenth Century — The Middle Passage
• Slavery in the West Indies, 1750 to 1790
• Early Opponents of African Slavery in England and America
• Movements in England to Abolish the Slave Trade
• Parliamentary History — The Twenty Years' Struggle
• Parliamentary History — Slave Trade Rendered Illegal
• Indian and African Slavery in St. Domingo — The Insurrections
• African Slave Trade after its Nominal Abolition
• Efforts to Suppress the Slave-Trade — Operation of the Cruisers
• Operations of the Cruisers under the Ashburton Treaty
• Historical Sketch of Sierra Leone and Liberia
• History of Slavery in the North American Colonies
• Slavery under the Confederation _ Emancipation by the States
• Formation of the Constitution — Slavery Compromises
• Political History of Slavery in the United States from 1789 to 1800
• Political History of Slavery in the United States, From 1800 to 1807
• Period from 1820 to 1825 — Political History of Slavery
• Period from 1835 to 1842 — Political History
• Period from 1842 to 1849 — Annexation of Texas
• Political History of Slavery — Compromises of 1850
• Repeal of Missouri Compromise — Kansas and Nebraska organized
• Affairs of Kansas — Congressional Proceedings
• History of the Troubles in Kansas
• Constitutional Convention at Lecompton
• Statistical Tables Constructed from the Census of 1850
• The Insurrection at Harper's Ferry

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