About This Book
The author traces the origins and development of slavery in the American South, surveying early colonial attitudes, legislative responses to the slave trade, and the persistence of illegal trafficking. A focused narrative follows the capture of a group of Tarkar people, preparations for and the voyage of the schooner Clotilde, their arrival and later return, and the community's life on a plantation in Alabama. Interspersed are firsthand impressions of Alabama and ethnographic sketches of Tarkar individuals and settlements. The volume combines historical analysis with drawings, maps, and photographs to document cultural details and the human consequences of the illicit trade.
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