Skip to content

Subject: Hoaxes


The African Slave Trade: The Secret Purpose of the Insurgents to Revive It: Alleged Instructions to L.Q.C. Lamar The African Slave Trade: The Secret Purpose of the Insurgents to Revive It: Alleged Instructions to L.Q.C. Lamar

Pamphlet alleging instructions by Judah P. Benjamin regarding the revival of the international slave trade, likely a hoax. Printed by C. Sherman in 1863. The pamphlet claims that the secret purpose of the rebellion is to reinstate the international slave trade and warns against treaty stipulations against it with European powers. WorldCat lists numerous copies of this pamphlet.