Our Suffering Brethren : Foreign Captivity and Nationalism in the Early United States /

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"Edward Davoll was a respected New Bedford whaling captain in an industry at its peak in the 1850s. But mid-career, disillusioned with whaling, desperately lonely at sea, and experiencing financial problems, he turned to the slave trade, with disastrous results. Why would a man of good reputati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Connors, Anthony J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amherst : Bright Leaf, an imprint of University of Massachusetts Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Davoll, Edward S. > Ethics.
Davoll, Edward S.
Whaling masters.
Whaling.
Slave traders.
Slave trade.
Seafaring life.
Ethics.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Vie en mer > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Baleines > Chasse > Massachusetts > New Bedford > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Esclaves > Commerce > Afrique > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Esclaves > Commerce > Cuba > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Esclaves > Commerce > Aspect moral > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Marchands d'esclaves > Massachusetts > New Bedford > Biographies.
Seafaring life > History > 19th century.
Whaling > Massachusetts > New Bedford > History > 19th century.
Slave trade > Africa > History > 19th century.
Slave trade > Cuba > History > 19th century.
Slave trade > Moral and ethical aspects > History > 19th century.
Whaling masters > Massachusetts > New Bedford > Biography.
Slave traders > Massachusetts > New Bedford > Biography.
Massachusetts > New Bedford.
Cuba.
Africa.
New Bedford (Mass.) > Biography.
Biographies.
History.
Biography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Edward Davoll was a respected New Bedford whaling captain in an industry at its peak in the 1850s. But mid-career, disillusioned with whaling, desperately lonely at sea, and experiencing financial problems, he turned to the slave trade, with disastrous results. Why would a man of good reputation, in a city known for its racial tolerance and Quaker-inspired abolitionism, risk engagement with this morally repugnant industry? In this riveting biography, Anthony J. Connors explores this question by detailing not only the troubled, adventurous life of this man but also the turbulent times in which he lived. Set in an era of social and political fragmentation and impending civil war, when changes in maritime law and the economics of whaling emboldened slaving agents to target captains and their vessels for the illicit trade, Davoll's story reveals the deadly combination of greed and racial antipathy that encouraged otherwise principled Americans to participate in the African slave trade"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9781613766545

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