The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America, Volume 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America, Volume 1, credited to W. E. B. Du Bois, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America, Volume 1 by W. E. B. Du Bois. Read in English by democraticnonsense; Andrew Kennedy; Ciufi Galeazzi; laurencetrask; WaterBaron; rmerid The question of the suppression of the slave-trade is so intimately connected with the questions as to its rise, the system of American slavery, and the whole colonial policy of the eighteenth century, that it is difficult to isolate it, and at the same time to avoid superficiality on the one hand, and unscientific narrowness of view on the other. While I could not hope entirely to overcome such a difficulty, I nevertheless trust that I have succeeded in rendering this monograph a small contribution to the scientific study of slavery and the American Negro. (W.E. BURGHARDT Du BOIS)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America, Volume 1
• Author credits: W. E. B. Du Bois
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 16
• Listed recording duration: 6:55:32

Catalogue topics

• history
• slavery
• Europe
• United States
• colonialism
• slave trade
• trans-atlantic slavery
• african slave trade

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 2:26
2. 01 - Chapter 1 - Introductory — 12:54
3. 02 - Chapter 2 - The Planting Colonies — 16:44
4. 03 - Chapter 3 - The Farming Colonies — 18:49
5. 04 - Chapter 4 - The Trading Colonies — 23:28
6. 05 - Chapter 5 - The Period of the Revolution, 1774-1787 — 35:02
7. 06 - Chapter 6 - The Federal Convention, 1787 — 37:34
8. 07 - Chapter 7 - Toussaint L'Ouverture and Anti-Slavery Effort, 1787-1807, Part 1 — 26:21
9. 08 - Chapter 7 - Toussaint L'Ouverture and Anti-Slavery Effort, 1787-1807, Part 2 — 26:48
10. 09 - Chapter 8 - The Period of Attempted Suppression, 1807-1825, Part 1 — 39:45
11. 10 - Chapter 8 - Ther Period of Attempted Suppression, 1807-1825, Part 2 — 37:40
12. 11 - Chapter 9 - The International Status of the Slave-Trade, 1783-1862 — 36:57
13. 12 - Chapter 10 - The Rise of the Cotton Kingdom, 1820-1850 — 33:46
14. 13 - Chapter 11 - The Final Crisis, 1850-1870, Part 1 — 26:41
15. 14 - Chapter 11 - The Final Crisis, 1850-1870, Part 2 — 25:56
16. 15 - Chapter 12 - The Essentials in the Struggle — 14:41

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