History of the Liverpool privateers and letters of marque : with an account of the Liverpool slave trade, 1744-1812
"This nineteenth-century classic is the most detailed period document on privateering and the slave trade. The first half of the book concentrates on privateering, covering historically important eras such as the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independence, and the French Revolution. In the second half, the focus is on the slave trade and how privateers profited from it, including extensive chapters on specific captains, the abolition movement, and corporate ties to the slave trade."--Jacket
eBook, English, ©2004
McGill-Queen's University Press, Montréal, Qué., ©2004
Electronic books
1 online resource (xxvi, 718 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations
9780773527454, 9780773527461, 9780853237099, 9780853237891, 9780773572096, 0773527451, 077352746X, 0853237093, 0853237891, 0773572090
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PART I. PRIVATEERING
A PEEP BEHIND THE SCENES
HE ANCIENT MARINER AND THE ANCIENT MERCHANT
THE STORY OF CAPTAIN FORTUNATUS WRIGHT AND SELIM, THE ARMENIAN CAPTIVE
PRIVATEERS OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR
PRIVATEERS OF THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
LIVERPOOL PRIVATEERS AND LETTERS OF MARQUE SHIPS DURING THE WARS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
LIVERPOOL PRIVATEERS DURING THE SECOND WAR WITH AMERICA
PART II. THE LIVERPOOL SLAVE TRADE
THE LIVERPOOL SLAVE TRADE, HOW IT ORIGINATED AND THRIVED
CAPTAIN JOHN NEWTON
THE MASSACRE AT OLD CALABAR
THE ABOLITION MOVEMENT
HORRORS OF THE MIDDLE PASSAGE
EMOLUMENTS OF THE TRAFFIC
A MILLIONAIRE'S VENTURES
THE CORPORATION AND THE SLAVE TRADE
CAPTAIN HUGH CROW
APPENDIX TO PRIVATEERS
APPENDIX TO SLAVE TRADE
Reprint of the ed. published: London : W. Heinemann, 1897
Includes indexes
In English