Conversations on South Carolina: The State and the New Nation, 1783-1828 - Slavery in South Carolina

For the second lecture in this four-part series of Conversations on South Carolina: The State and the New Nation, 1783-1828. Dr. Larry Watson discusses slavery in South Carolina. Professor Watson is Associate Professor of History & Adjunct Professor of History South Carolina State University and the University of South Carolina. He is author of numerous articles on African American life in the American South. 

This series of public conversations is sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences and the Southern Studies Institute.

The Domestic Slave Trade | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 3

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Dr. Larry Watson discusses the reasons why, between 1787 and 1803, South Carolina forbade the importation of new slaves. This resulted in the rise of the domestic slave trade in the Southern U.S.