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Author Connors, Anthony J., author.

Title Went to the devil : a Yankee whaler in the slave trade / Anthony J. Connors.

Publication Info. Amherst : Bright Leaf, an imprint of University of Massachusetts Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 185 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Summary "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 reputation, in a city known for its racial tolerance and Quaker-inspired abolitionism, risk engagement with this morally repugnant industry? In this riveting biography, Anthony J. Connors explores this question by detailing not only the troubled, adventurous life of this man but also the turbulent times in which he lived. Set in an era of social and political fragmentation and impending civil war, when changes in maritime law and the economics of whaling emboldened slaving agents to target captains and their vessels for the illicit trade, Davoll's story reveals the deadly combination of greed and racial antipathy that encouraged otherwise principled Americans to participate in the African slave trade"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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Subject Davoll, Edward S.
Davoll, Edward S. -- Ethics.
Slave traders -- Massachusetts -- New Bedford -- Biography.
Slave traders.
Massachusetts -- New Bedford.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Whaling masters -- Massachusetts -- New Bedford -- Biography.
Whaling masters.
Slave trade -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- 19th century.
Slave trade.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Slave trade -- Cuba -- History -- 19th century.
Cuba.
Slave trade -- Africa -- History -- 19th century.
Africa.
Whaling -- Massachusetts -- New Bedford -- History -- 19th century.
Whaling.
Seafaring life -- History -- 19th century.
Seafaring life.
New Bedford (Mass.) -- Biography.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Connors, Anthony J. Went to the devil. Amherst : Bright Leaf, an imprint of University of Massachusetts Press, [2019] 9781613766545 (DLC) 2018051740 (OCoLC)1066184141
ISBN 9781613766545 (electronic book)
1613766548 (electronic book)
9781625344045
162534404X
9781625344052
1625344058