02566nam 22005414a 450 991045439190332120200520144314.00-8147-9073-90-8147-3728-5(CKB)1000000000533974(EBL)865508(OCoLC)244102016(MiAaPQ)EBC865508(MdBmJHUP)muse10216(Au-PeEL)EBL865508(CaPaEBR)ebr10280024(EXLCZ)99100000000053397420060908d2007 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe deepest south[electronic resource] the United States, Brazil, and the African slave trade /Gerald HorneNew York New York University Pressc20071 online resource (348 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-3689-0 0-8147-3688-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-322) and index.Toward the empire of Brazil -- Into Africa -- Buying and kidnapping Africans -- Wise -- Crisis -- The U.S. to seize the Amazon -- Making the slave trade legal -- The Civil War begins/the slave trade continues -- Deport U.S. Negroes to Brazil -- Confederates to Brazil -- The end of slavery and the slave trade.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. Proslavery Americans began to accelerate their presence in Brazil in the 1830's, creating alliances there-sometimes friendly, often contentious-with PortugSlave tradeAmericaHistory19th centurySlaveryUnited StatesHistory19th centurySlaveryBrazilHistory19th centuryElectronic books.Slave tradeHistorySlaveryHistorySlaveryHistory306.3/62Horne Gerald850651MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454391903321The deepest south2478740UNINA