Slave ships and slaving
Slave Ships and Slaving, published in 1927 by the Marine Research Society of Salem, is George Francis Dow's documentary history of the Atlantic slave trade, which he calls the blackest page in the story of the sea. Dow lets the participants speak through their own records: the voyages of John Hawkins, the journals of the ship Hannibal in 1693 and the Albion-Frigate, the Liverpool and Bristol slavers, mutinies aboard ship, a ship doctor's narrative of the middle passage, the recollections of slave traders, life at the trading factories of the Guinea coast, and the smuggling that continued after abolition, ending with Rhode Island and other American ships and the last voyages before the Civil War. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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Is Slave ships and slaving in the public domain?
Yes. Slave ships and slaving by George Francis Dow is a public-domain work. Vinteuil offers a carefully prepared digital edition made for comfortable reading on screen.
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About 9 h 01 min of reading, at an average reading pace. Your place is saved automatically when you are signed in, so you can read in several sittings and on several devices.
What kind of book is Slave ships and slaving?
Slave ships and slaving by George Francis Dow is filed under "History" in the Vinteuil library.
