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Slave ships and slaving — George Francis Dow

Slave ships and slaving

George Francis Dow

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  • Book language: English
  • 346 pages

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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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. SLAVE SHIPS AND SLAVING
  2. PREFACE
  3. TABLE OF CONTENTS
  4. ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. TO THE READER
  6. INTRODUCTION
  7. CHAPTER I THE GUINEA COAST
  8. CHAPTER III THE VOYAGE OF THE SHIP HANNIBAL OF LONDON, IN 1693
  9. CHAPTER IV THE SLAVING VOYAGE OF THE ALBION-FRIGATE OF LONDON
  10. CHAPTER V THE LIVERPOOL AND BRISTOL SLAVERS
  11. CHAPTER VI MUTINIES ABOARD SLAVE SHIPS IN THE EARLY DAYS
  12. CHAPTER VII THE SHIP DOCTOR’S NARRATIVE
  13. CHAPTER VIII THE GUINEA VOYAGE AND THE SAILOR
  14. CHAPTER IX THE BRIG RUBY OF BRISTOL, AFRICAN SLAVER
  15. CHAPTER X CAPTAIN CROW, THE LAST SLAVER OUT OF LIVERPOOL
  16. CHAPTER XI THE RECOLLECTIONS OF A SLAVE TRADER
  17. CHAPTER XII FACTORY LIFE ON THE GUINEA COAST
  18. CHAPTER XIII SLAVE SMUGGLING A HUNDRED YEARS AGO
  19. CHAPTER XIV SLAVING VOYAGES BY RHODE ISLAND VESSELS
  20. CHAPTER XV SOME AMERICAN SLAVE SHIPS
  21. CHAPTER XVI SIX MONTHS ON A SLAVER IN 1860
  22. CHAPTER XVII THE LAST VOYAGE OF AN AMERICAN SLAVER
  23. INDEX
  24. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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