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A slaving voyage to Africa and Jamaica : the log of the Sandown, 1793-1794 /
"Of the hundreds of logbooks and journals I have examined, this is the most valuable for the slave trade in western Africa ... [Mouser's] exhaustive background research and editing are exemplary."--George BrooksCaptain Samuel Gamble's log contains the record of a slaving venture...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Of the hundreds of logbooks and journals I have examined, this is the most valuable for the slave trade in western Africa ... [Mouser's] exhaustive background research and editing are exemplary."--George BrooksCaptain Samuel Gamble's log contains the record of a slaving venture to Africa and Jamaica that nearly failed. It is one of the best firsthand narratives of the slave trade to survive. Bruce Mouser's faithfully transcribed and carefully annotated edition of Gamble's log provides a haunting |
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| Notas: | Based on Samuel Gamble's ship's log entitled 'A journal of an intended voyage, by God's permission, from London towards Africa from hence to America in the good ship Sandown" by me Samuel Gamble Commander. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxii, 156 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0253108950 9780253108951 |