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Sweet water and bitter : the ships that stopped the slave trade Cover Image Book Book

Sweet water and bitter : the ships that stopped the slave trade

Rees, Siân 1965- (Author).

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  • ISBN: 9781584659808
  • ISBN: 1584659807
  • Physical Description: print
    340 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press, 2011.

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General Note: Originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, 2009.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-328) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Black bounty -- Unlawful force -- False papers and mongrel vessels -- Bad blood -- The Fever, the Deys and the Ashanti -- Two captains -- Two lieutenants -- A costly grave -- Cuban customs, Brazilian Buccaneers -- Black jokes and high jinks -- The first great blows -- Willing promoters and partial remedies -- Blockade -- Commerce, Christianity and civilisation -- Palaver and presents -- Habits not ornamental to the navy -- Persevering offenders -- To an end, immediately and forever.

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Subject: Slavery Africa, West History 19th century
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Slaves Emancipation History 19th century
Freedmen Social conditions 19th century
Great Britain History, Naval 19th century

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