Captain Canot; Or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver

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Title page for “Captain Canot”
CAPTAIN CANOT;
OR,
TWENTY YEARS OF AN AFRICAN
SLAVER
BEING AN ACCOUNT OF
HIS CAREER AND ADVENTURES ON THE COAST,
IN THE INTERIOR, ON SHIPBOARD, AND IN
THE WEST INDIES.
WRITTEN OUT AND EDITED FROM THE
Captain’s Journals, Memoranda and Conversations,

BY
BRANTZ MAYER.
NEW YORK:
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,
846 & 848 BROADWAY.
LONDON: 16 LITTLE BRITAIN.
M.DCCC.LIV.
MANDINGO CHIEF AND HIS SWORD BEARER.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854,
by
BRANTZ MAYER,
in the Clerk’s Office of the United States District Court
for the District of Maryland.
TO
N. P. WILLIS,
OF IDLEWILD.
My Dear Willis,
While
inscribing
this
work
with
your
name,
as
a
testimonial of our long, unbroken friendship, you will let
me say, I am sure, not only how, but why I have written

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