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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Connors, Anthony J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst : Bright Leaf, An imprint of University of Massachusetts Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Davoll, Edward S. > Ethics.
Davoll, Edward S.
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.
New Bedford (Mass.) > Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A note on the Transatlantic slave trade
  • A whaling career
  • Captain
  • The parting
  • "Keep a high toe nail & a stiff upper lip"
  • The wreck of the Iris
  • Recovery
  • "What's in the wind?"
  • Evasion
  • The case against Captain Davoll
  • The sham whalers of New Bedford
  • Slave traders and abolitionists
  • The curious case of the Ship B
  • Captain Edward S. Davoll (1822-1863)
  • Consequences.

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