{"product_id":"9781781689998","title":"No God But Gain: The Untold Story of Cuban Slavery, the Monroe Doctrine, and the Making of the United States","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eChambers, Stephen\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVerso\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7\/4\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003eFrom 1501 to 1867 more than 12.5 million Africans were brought to the  Americas in chains, and many millions died as a result  of the slave trade. The US constitution set a 20-year time limit on  US participation in the trade, and on January 1, 1808, it was  abolished. And yet, despite the spread of abolitionism on both sides of  the Atlantic, despite numerous laws and treaties passed to curb the  slave trade, and despite the dispatch of naval squadrons to patrol the  coasts of Africa and the Americas, the slave trade did not end in 1808.  Fully 25 percent of all the enslaved Africans to arrive in the Americas  were brought \u003ci\u003eafter\u003c\/i\u003e the US ban – 3.2 million people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis  breakthrough history, based on years of research into private  correspondence; shipping manifests; bills of laden; port, diplomatic,  and court records; and periodical literature, makes undeniably clear how  decisive \u003ci\u003eillegal\u003c\/i\u003e slavery was to the making of the United States.  US economic development and westward expansion, as well as the growth  and wealth of the North, not just the South, was a direct result and  driver of illegal slavery. The Monroe Doctrine was created to protect  the illegal slave trade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn an engrossing, elegant,  enjoyably readable narrative, Stephen M. Chambers not only shows how  illegal slavery has been wholly overlooked in histories of the early  Republic, he reveals the crucial role the slave trade played in the  lives and fortunes of figures like John Quincy Adams and the “generation  of 1815,” the post-revolution cohort that shaped US foreign policy.  This is a landmark history that will forever revise the way the early  Republic and American economic development is seen.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43412328120575,"sku":"9781781689998","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781781689998_s600x595.jpg?v=1775586451","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781781689998","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}