A historical study by George Francis Dow of slave ships and the maritime slave trade. Published in 1927, it examines the vessels, voyages and human cost of this commerce. It is worth listening to as a documented account of a dark chapter in maritime history.
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Transcriber’s Note: New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain. Footnotes have been collected at the end of the text, and are linked for ease of reference. Full page illustrations were not counted in the pagination, and have been moved to the nearest paragraph break. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. Any corrections are indicated as hyperlinks, which will navigate the reader to the corresponding entry in the corrections table in the note at the end of the text. SLAVE SHIPS AND SLAVING Bartering for Slaves BĵǡǵŧǡƗƿƄ żLjǡ SƯĵ΄ŧǪ Ljƿ ǵƒŧ GǼƗƿŧĵ CLjĵǪǵ From a colored lithograph in the Macpherson Collection SLAVE SHIPS AND SLAVING By GŧLjǡƄŧ FǡĵƿŕƗǪ DLj΅
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY САРТ. ERNEST H. PENTECOST, R.N.R. colophon SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS MARINE RESEARCH SOCIETY 1927 PUBLICATION NUMBER FIFTEEN OF THE MARINE RESEARCH SOCIETY СОРУКIGHT, 1927, BY THE MARINE RESEARCH SOCIETY PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES E. L. HILDRETH & CO. BRATTLEBORO, VT.
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