Slavery and the Internal Slave Trade in the United States

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19th-century American literature abolitionist book non-fiction book

Slavery and the Internal Slave Trade in the United States is an influential 19th-century abolitionist work by Theodore Dwight Weld that exposes the brutality and moral corruption of American slavery and the domestic slave trade.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century American literature ⓘ abolitionist book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ
aimsTo	demonstrate the cruelty of slave trading practices ⓘ undermine pro-slavery arguments ⓘ
associatedWith	American Anti-Slavery Society NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	Theodore Dwight Weld NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticizes	domestic slave trade ⓘ legal system supporting slavery ⓘ slaveholders in the United States ⓘ
describes	brutality of American slavery ⓘ conditions of enslaved people ⓘ domestic slave markets ⓘ forced separation of enslaved families ⓘ moral corruption caused by slavery ⓘ violence against enslaved people ⓘ
documentType	polemic ⓘ social reform literature ⓘ
ethicalStance	condemnation of slavery as immoral ⓘ
focusesOn	economic aspects of the slave trade ⓘ human suffering caused by slave trading ⓘ internal trade of enslaved people between U.S. states ⓘ
genre	abolitionist literature ⓘ political tract ⓘ
historicalContext	antebellum United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalImpact	contributed to growing anti-slavery sentiment in the U.S. ⓘ
intendedAudience	Northern American public ⓘ abolitionist activists ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literarySignificance	influential abolitionist work ⓘ
mainSubject	abolitionism ⓘ internal slave trade in the United States ⓘ slavery in the United States ⓘ
moralArgument	slavery corrupts slaveholders and society ⓘ
movement	American abolitionist movement ⓘ
politicalPosition	anti-slavery ⓘ
publicationCentury	19th century ⓘ
purpose	to expose the brutality of slavery ⓘ to influence public opinion against slavery ⓘ to support the abolitionist movement ⓘ
relatedWorkOfAuthor	American Slavery As It Is NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed	early 19th century United States ⓘ
uses	documentary evidence ⓘ eyewitness testimony ⓘ

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