| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xxx, 466 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-451) and index. |
| Contents |
List of illustrations -- Preface -- Illustrations credits -- Acknowledgments -- pt. 1. Matters of morality -- pt. 2. The financiers -- pt. 3. Outfitting a slaver -- pt. 4. Sailing south -- pt. 5. Cruising the African coast -- pt. 6. Whydah -- pt. 7. Assou -- pt. 8. Jakin -- pt. 9. Atlantic Islands -- pt. 10. The middle passage -- pt. 11. Martinique -- pt. 12. The return -- Afterword -- appendix A. Reconstructing the balance sheet of the Diligent -- appendix B. Abbreviations used in notes -- Notes -- Index. |
| Subject |
Slave trade -- France -- History -- 18th century.
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Slave trade. |
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France. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Slave trade -- Africa, West -- History -- 18th century.
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West Africa. |
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Diligent (Ship)
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Diligent (Ship) |
| ISBN |
0465028713 |
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