Murder on the middle passage : the trial of Captain Kimber /

On 2 April 1792, John Kimber, captain of the Recovery, a slave ship from Bristol, was denounced in the House of Commons by William Wilberforce for flogging a fifteen-year old female slave to death. The story, caricatured in a contemporary Isaac Cruikshank print, raced across newspapers in Britain an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rogers, Nicholas (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbrigde, Suffolk : The Boydell Press, 2020.
Temas:
Kimber, John > Trials, litigation, etc.
Kimber, John
Trials (Murder) > England > London.
Enslaved women > Africa.
Enslaved women > Crimes against > Great Britain.
Slave trade > Great Britain > History.
Procès (Meurtre) > Angleterre > Londres.
Femmes esclaves > Afrique.
Femmes esclaves > Crimes contre > Grande-Bretagne.
Esclaves > Commerce > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
HISTORY > Modern > 18th Century.
Trials (Murder)
Enslaved women
Slave trade
Africa
England > London
Great Britain
Trials, litigation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:On 2 April 1792, John Kimber, captain of the Recovery, a slave ship from Bristol, was denounced in the House of Commons by William Wilberforce for flogging a fifteen-year old female slave to death. The story, caricatured in a contemporary Isaac Cruikshank print, raced across newspapers in Britain and Ireland and was even reported in America. Soon after, Kimber was indicted for murder.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 267 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles, map, portrait
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-259) and index.
ISBN:9781787446946
1787446948

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