Slavery: Not Just Something For The South

Slavery: Not Just Something For The South

Part XI

From 1861 to 1865 the Southern States were conquered by an overwhelming military assault which deeply injured the economy and culture of the region. After the surrender of the last rebel armies was followed by a long period of reconstruction during which Southern representatives and senators were excluded from Congress, constitutional government was abolished in 10 of the former Confederate States.

The vast majority of white citizens were disenfranchised, and military occupation/martial law were imposed on the defeated people of those States. The age of lawlessness, corruption, and oppression lingered for years to come. The last Federal troops were finally withdrawn from Louisiana in 1877.

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Looking back through my notes I find that I have left out something that should have been included much much earlier on. I hope that by putting it in at this late date it won't disrupt the flow. I promise to "get back on track" after this.
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Of the 13 original states, only one plunged into African slave trade in a huge way and that was Rhode Island.

Before Congress voted to ban the slave trade beginning in 1808, Rhode Island, as I have probably stated, launched nearly 1000 voyages to Africa, carrying at least 100,000 slaves back across the Atlantic.
US participation, in sheer volume, may be seen as insignificant since European ships transported nearly all the estimated 11.5 million Africans sold over three centuries into New World slavery, including the approximately 645,000 sent to the American colonies.

The richly elegant Newport, Rhode Island dominated the first and longest period of the state's slave trade and its legacy can still be seen in architectural treasures such as the Francis Malbone mansion, now a lovely inn, & the library founded by Abraham Redwood.

These men were just two among a host of slave merchants in a town where commerce was a family affair.

Aaron Lopez and his father-in-law Jacob Rodriguez Rivera were supremely honorable Jewish businessmen and as "merchant princes", their reputations prospered in the "Triangle Trade".

Slavery: Not Just Something For The South Part IV By Allen (Piewacket1861)