Slave captain : the career of James Irving in the Liverpool slave trade /
As few accounts written by slave ship captains are known to have survived, the personal papers of James Irving are of tremendous interest and academic significance. Irving built a successful career in the slave trade of eighteenth-century Liverpool, first as a ship?s surgeon and then as a captain. R...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
Published: |
Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press,
2008.
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Edition: | Rev. 2nd ed. |
Series: | Liverpool English texts and studies ;
no. 50. |
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- The Documents and Editorial Conventions
- pt. 1. James Irving's Career
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Early Career in the Liverpool Slave Trade
- 3. Irving's Voyages in the Transatlantic Slave Trade
- 4. Shipwreck and Enslavement
- 5. Freedom and Return to England
- 6. Conclusion
- pt. 2. James Irving's Correspondence, 1786-1791
- pt. 3. Journal of James Irving's Shipwreck and Enslavement, May 1789-October 1798
- A 'Short Account' by James Irving II, June-October 1789.