| Introductory | |
| Plan of the Monograph | p. 1 |
| The Rise of the English Slave-Trade | p. 1 |
| The Planting Colonies | |
| Character of these Colonies | p. 7 |
| Restrictions in Georgia | p. 7 |
| Restrictions in South Carolina | p. 9 |
| Restrictions in North Carolina | p. 11 |
| Restrictions in Virginia | p. 12 |
| Restrictions in Maryland | p. 14 |
| General Character of these Restrictions | p. 15 |
| The Farming Colonies | |
| Character of these Colonies | p. 16 |
| The Dutch Slave-Trade | p. 17 |
| Restrictions in New York | p. 18 |
| Restrictions in Pennsylvania and Delaware | p. 20 |
| Restrictions in New Jersey | p. 24 |
| General Character of these Restrictions | p. 25 |
| The Trading Colonies | |
| Character of these Colonies | p. 27 |
| New England and the Slave-Trade | p. 27 |
| Restrictions in New Hampshire | p. 29 |
| Restrictions in Massachusetts | p. 30 |
| Restrictions in Rhode Island | p. 33 |
| Restrictions in Connecticut | p. 37 |
| General Character of these Restrictions | p. 37 |
| The Period of the Revolution, 1774-1787 | |
| The Situation in 1774 | p. 39 |
| The Condition of the Slave-Trade | p. 40 |
| The Slave-Trade and the "Association" | p. 41 |
| The Action of the Colonies | p. 42 |
| The Action of the Continental Congress | p. 44 |
| Reception of the Slave-Trade Resolution | p. 45 |
| Results of the Resolution | p. 47 |
| The Slave-Trade and Public Opinion after the War | p. 48 |
| The Action of the Confederation | p. 50 |
| The Federal Convention, 1787 | |
| The First Proposition | p. 53 |
| The General Debate | p. 54 |
| The Special Committee and the "Bargain" | p. 58 |
| The Appeal to the Convention | p. 59 |
| Settlement by the Convention | p. 61 |
| Reception of the Clause by the Nation | p. 62 |
| Attitude of the State Conventions | p. 65 |
| Acceptance of the Policy | p. 68 |
| Toussaint L'Ouverture and Anti-Slavery Effort, 1787-1807 | |
| Influence of the Haytian Revolution | p. 70 |
| Legislation of the Southern States | p. 71 |
| Legislation of the Border States | p. 72 |
| Legislation of the Eastern States | p. 73 |
| First Debate in Congress, 1789 | p. 74 |
| Second Debate in Congress, 1790 | p. 75 |
| The Declaration of Powers, 1790 | p. 78 |
| The Act of 1794 | p. 80 |
| The Act of 1800 | p. 81 |
| The Act of 1803 | p. 84 |
| State of the Slave-Trade from 1789 to 1803 | p. 85 |
| The South Carolina Repeal of 1803 | p. 86 |
| The Louisiana Slave-Trade, 1803-1805 | p. 87 |
| Last Attempts at Taxation, 1805-1806 | p. 91 |
| Key-Note of the Period | p. 92 |
| The Period of Attempted Suppression, 1807-1825 | |
| The Act of 1807 | p. 94 |
| The First Question: How shall illegally imported Africans be disposed of? | p. 96 |
| The Second Question: How shall Violations be punished? | p. 102 |
| The Third Question: How shall the Interstate Coastwise Slave-Trade be protected? | p. 104 |
| Legislative History of the Bill | p. 105 |
| Enforcement of the Act | p. 108 |
| Evidence of the Continuance of the Trade | p. 109 |
| Apathy of the Federal Government | p. 112 |
| Typical Cases | p. 117 |
| The Supplementary Acts, 1818-1820 | p. 118 |
| Enforcement of the Supplementary Acts, 1818-1825 | p. 123 |
| The International Status of the Slave-Trade, 1783-1862 | |
| The Rise of the Movement against the Slave-Trade, 1788-1807 | p. 131 |
| Concerted Action of the Powers, 1783-1814 | p. 133 |
| Action of the Powers from 1814 to 1820 | p. 134 |
| The Struggle for an International Right of Search, 1820-1840 | p. 136 |
| Negotiations of 1823-1825 | p. 138 |
| The Attitude of the United States and the State of the Slave-Trade | p. 141 |
| The Quintuple Treaty, 1839-1842 | p. 143 |
| Final Concerted Measures, 1842-1862 | p. 146 |
| The Rise of the Cotton Kingdom, 1820-1850 | |
| The Economic Revolution | p. 151 |
| The Attitude of the South | p. 154 |
| The Attitude of the North and Congress | p. 155 |
| Imperfect Application of the Laws | p. 158 |
| Responsibility of the Government | p. 161 |
| Activity of the Slave-Trade, 1820-1850 | p. 162 |
| The Final Crisis, 1850-1870 | |
| The Movement against the Slave-Trade Laws | p. 168 |
| Commercial Conventions of 1855-1856 | p. 169 |
| Commercial Conventions of 1857-1858 | p. 170 |
| Commercial Convention of 1859 | p. 172 |
| Public Opinion in the South | p. 173 |
| The Question in Congress | p. 175 |
| Southern Policy in 1860 | p. 176 |
| Increase of the Slave-Trade from 1850 to 1860 | p. 178 |
| Notorious Infractions of the Laws | p. 180 |
| Apathy of the Federal Government | p. 183 |
| Attitude of the Southern Confederacy | p. 188 |
| Attitude of the United States | p. 191 |
| The Essentials in the Struggle | |
| How the Question Arose | p. 194 |
| The Moral Movement | p. 195 |
| The Political Movement | p. 196 |
| The Economic Movement | p. 197 |
| The Lesson for Americans | p. 197 |
| Appendices | |
| A Chronological Conspectus of Colonial and State Legislation restricting the African Slave-Trade, 1641-1787 | p. 201 |
| A Chronological Conspectus of State, National, and International Legislation, 1788-1871 | p. 230 |
| Typical Cases of Vessels engaged in the American Slave-Trade, 1619-1864 | p. 289 |
| Bibliography | p. 299 |
| Index | p. 327 |
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