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Ship of Death: A Voyage That Changed the Atlantic World
bookshelves: currently-reading, net-galley, history, seven-seas, autumn-2013, nonfiction, slaves, philosophy, plague-disease, african-continent, afr-sierra-leone, north-americas, published-2013
Recommended for: Kaethe, GeeVee, Laura, Susanna, Wanda, Carey, Pat
Read from October 03 to 05, 2013
Advance Uncorrected Page Proof from Yale University Press. Many Thanks.
STRAPLINE: How a ship of British idealists sailed to Africa to end the slave trade but instead ignited a yellow fever pandemic.
Dedication: To Michelle
Opening: The Hankey, like all wooden vessels of its time, whispered to its inhabitants. In the early morning dawn, its anchor and rigging lines tugged and groaned in the breeze.
STRAPLINE: How a ship of British idealists sailed to Africa to end the slave trade but instead ignited a yellow fever pandemic.
Dedication: To Michelle
Opening: The Hankey, like all wooden vessels of its time, whispered to its inhabitants. In the early morning dawn, its anchor and rigging lines tugged and groaned in the breeze.
We open dockside March 1792. Three ships ready for the off, passengers were Abolutionists to the core, and their goal was to start up a colony of hired Africans instead of enslaving them.
Excellent read and for once the title and strapline indicate what is in the book. Highly recommended.
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