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The Constitution allowed the outlawing of the importation of enslaved persons to the United States after 1808. Between then and the Civil War, the internal slave trade became an important business in the Southern United States. Most states regulated the slave trade. A few kept records of slave traders and their businesses. Look for such business registers at state libraries, archives, historical societies, or county courthouses. | The Constitution allowed the outlawing of the importation of enslaved persons to the United States after 1808. Between then and the Civil War, the internal slave trade became an important business in the Southern United States. Most states regulated the slave trade. A few kept records of slave traders and their businesses. Look for such business registers at state libraries, archives, historical societies, or county courthouses. | ||
*''Adventures of an African Slaver: being a true account of the life of Captain Theodore Canot, Trader of Gold, Ivory and Slaves on the Coast of Guinea, his own story as told in the year 1854 to Brantz Mayer. ''(Includes a log book), by Theophile Conneau. {{FSC|81900|item|disp=FS Catalog book 921.73 C762a}}. {{WorldCat|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. | *''Adventures of an African Slaver: being a true account of the life of Captain Theodore Canot, Trader of Gold, Ivory and Slaves on the Coast of Guinea, his own story as told in the year 1854 to Brantz Mayer. ''(Includes a log book), by Theophile Conneau. Austin, Texas: Pemberton Press, 1974 {{FSC|81900|item|disp=FS Catalog book 921.73 C762a}}. {{WorldCat|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. | ||
*''Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to America,'' 4 Vols. by Elizabeth Donnan, ed. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1935. (Includes a list of Slave Ships). {{WorldCat|426243|item|disp=At various libraries.}} | *''Documents Illustrative of the History of the Slave Trade to America,'' 4 Vols. by Elizabeth Donnan, ed. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1935. (Includes a list of Slave Ships). {{WorldCat|426243|item|disp=At various libraries.}} | ||