Gomer Williams

History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The methods, exploits and profits of privateers and slave traders who fuelled the growth of early modern Liverpool.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 748
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 44mm
• Gewicht: 1037g
• ISBN-13: 9781108026277
• ISBN-10: 1108026273
• Artikelnr.: 32895111

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. Privateering: 1. A peep behind the scenes
2. The story of Captain Fortunatus Wright and Selim, the Armenian captive
3. Privateers of the Seven Years' War
4. Privateers of the American War of Independence
5. Liverpool privateers and letters of marque ships during the wars of the French Revolution
6. Liverpool privateers during the second war with America
Part II. The Liverpool Slave Trade: 1. The Liverpool slave trade, how it originated and thrived
2. Captain John Newton
3. The massacre at Old Calabar
4. The abolition movement
5. Horrors of the middle passage
6. Emoluments of the traffic. A millionaire's ventures
7. The corporation and the slave trade
8. Captain Hugh Crow
Appendixes
Index.