American Slave Trade Or, An Account of the Manner in which the Slave Dealers take Free People from some of the United States of America, and carry them away, and sell them as Slaves in other of the States; and of the horrible Cruelties practised in the carrying on of this most infamous Traffic

"American Slave Trade" by Jesse Torrey is a historical record that uncovers the cruel process of kidnapping free Black people in America and selling them into slavery. The book reveals the awful treatment they suffer and investigates the laws that allowed such cruelty. Torrey shares his own observations, painting a clear picture of the pain caused by slavery. He points out the hypocrisy of a country that values freedom but allows the enslavement of human beings. His writing is a strong statement against slavery and a plea for change, urging readers to correct the wrongs inflicted upon those unjustly enslaved.