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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Schwarz, Suzanne (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2008.
Edition:Rev. 2nd ed.
Series:Liverpool English texts and studies ; no. 50.
Subjects:
Irving, James, > 1759-1791.
1700-1799
Slave trade > England > Liverpool > History > 18th century.
Slave traders > England > Liverpool > Biography.
Slave traders > England > Liverpool > History > 18th century.
Esclaves > Commerce > Angleterre > Liverpool > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Marchands d'esclaves > Angleterre > Liverpool > Biographies.
Marchands d'esclaves > Angleterre > Liverpool > Histoire > 18e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > Marketing.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > Trade & Tariffs.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Exports & Imports.
Slave trade.
Slave traders.
England > Liverpool.
Biography
Biographies.
History.
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.

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