The Last Slave Ships

This audiobook provides a revealing exploration of the illegal transatlantic slave trade in the United States during its final years. Despite being outlawed, American merchants continued to operate from New York City, sending hundreds of slave ships to Africa, while traffickers collaborated with allies in Cuba to ensnare approximately 200,000 Africans in the 1850s and 1860s. Author John Harris details the transformation of the U.S. government's stance, from complicity to active opposition, culminating in efforts to dismantle the trade by 1867.