1862

NEW YORK, New York

Slavery, Economy, trade relations

Van Evrie's thirty page pamphlet, written in 1862 used the example of the West Indies, and with the help of statistics and examples, demonstrated how slavery in the West Indies benefited the United States of America. It also showed how eventual abolition in the United States would be a failure to both Southern States and Northern States. Throughout the nineteenth century, the islands of the West Indies...