The British Transatlantic Slave Trade Vol 1

ISBN-13: 9781138757974 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 446 str.

Kenneth Morgan;Robin Law;David Ryden

Opis

Contains primary texts relating to the British slave trade in the 17th and 18th century. The first volume contains two 18th-century texts covering the slave trade in Africa. Volume two focuses on the work of the Royal African company, and volumes three and four focus on the abolitionists' struggle.

Spis treści

Volume 1: The Operation of the Slave Trade in Africa John Hawkins, A true declaration of the troublesome voyage of M John Hawkins to the parties of Guynea and the West Indies, in the yeares of our Lord 1567 and 1568 (1569); John Matthews, A Voyage to the River Sierra-Leone (1788); John Adams, Sketches taken during Ten Voyages to Africa between the years 1786 and 1800 (1821); Gomer Williams, excerpt from History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque, with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade (1897)