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Pirates of the slave trade : the Battle of Cape Lopez and the birth of an American institution /Angela "No one present at the Battle of Cape Lopez off the coast of West Africa in 1722 could have known that they were on the edge of history. This obscure yet fierce naval battle would have a monumental impact on British colonies and the future of slavery in America. Pirates of the Slave Trade follows three fascinating figures whose fates would violently converge: John Conny, a charismatic leader of the Akan people who made lucrative deals with pirates and smugglers while fending off British and Dutch slavers; the infamous pirate Black Bart, who worked his way from an anonymous navigator to one of the British Empire's most notorious enemies in the region; and naval captain Chaloner Ogle, tasked by the Crown with hunting down and killing Black Bart at all costs. At the Battle of Cape Lopez, these three men and the massive historical forces at their backs would finally find each other--and the world would be transformed forever. In this landmark narrative history, historian Angela Sutton outlines the complex network of trade routes spanning the Atlantic Ocean trafficked by agents of empire, private merchants, and brutal pirates alike. Drawing from a wide range of primary historical sources, Suttonoffers a new perspective on how a single battle played a pivotal role in reshaping the trade of enslaved people in ways that affect America to this day. Between its engaging narrative style filled with swashbuckling naval battles and tales of adventure at sea, its wide array of rigorous and detailed research, and its implications toward modern America, Pirates of the Slave Trade is an essential addition to every history reader's shelves." -- Amazon [2023] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 966.02
Survivors : the lost stories of the last captives of the Atlantic slave trade /Hannah Durkin. "This is an immersive and revelatory history of the survivors of the Clotilda, the last ship of the Atlantic slave trade, whose lives diverged and intersected in profound ways. The Clotilda docked in Mobile Bay, Alabama, in July 1860 - more than half a century after the passage of a federal law banning the importation of captive Africans, and nine months before the beginning of the Civil War. The last of its survivors lived well into the twentieth century. They were the last witnesses to the final act of a terrible and significant period in world history. In this epic work, Dr. Hannah Durkin tells the stories of the Clotilda's 110 captives, drawing on her intensive archival, historical, and sociological research. Survivors follows their lives from their kidnappings in what is modern-day Nigeria through a terrifying 45-day journey across the Middle Passage; from the subsequent sale of the ship's 103 surviving children and young people into slavery across Alabama to the dawn of the Civil Rights movement in Selma; from the foundation of an all-Black African Town (later Africatown) in Northern Mobile - an inspiration for writers of the Harlem Renaissance, including Zora Neale Hurston - to the foundation of the quilting community of Gee's Bend, a Black artistic circle whose cultural influence remains enormous. An astonishing, deeply compelling tapestry of history, biography and social commentary, Survivors is a tour de force that deepens our knowledge and understanding of the Atlantic slave trade and its far-reaching influence on life today."--Provided by the publisher. 2024. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 306.3/62/0976109034
The trans-Atlantic slave trade : a database on CD-ROM /edited by David Eltis, Stephen D. 1999. • CD-ROM • 1 copy available. 326.1(261)
Black voyage : eyewitness accounts of the Atlantic slave trade /Edited by Thomas Howard c1971 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326.1
The slave coast of west Africa 1550 -1750 : the impact of the Atlantic trade on an African society. Law, Robin 1991 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326.1(6-15)"1550/1750"
The last slave market / Alastair Hazell. Hazell, Alastair. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326(678)"18"
Liverpool and slavery : an historical account of the Liverpool-African slave trade: was it the cause Dicky Sam (pseud) 1969 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.124.79:326
Wales and slavery : marking 200 years since the abolition of the Slave Trade Act. [2007?] • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 326.8(429)
Licentious and unbridled proceedings : the illegal slave trade to Mauritius and the Seychelles during Allen, Richard Blair. 2001. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 326.1(6-11:69)"18"
The Slave trade, domestic and foreign : why it exists, and how it may be extinguished Carey, H C 1853 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326.1
The Suppression of the African slave-trade to the United States of America 1638-1870 Du Bois, W E Burghardt 1954 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326.4(73)
The Black Joke : the true story of one British ship's battle against the slave trade /A. E. Rooks. "Sailing after the spectacular fall of Napoleon in France, yet before the rise of Queen Victoria's England, the Black Joke was first used as a slaving vessel, and one with a lightning-fast reputation; only a lucky capture in 1827 allowed itto be repurposed by the Royal Navy to catch its former compatriots. Over the next five years, the Black Joke liberated more enslaved people than any other in Britain's West Africa Squadron. As Britain slowly attempted to snuff out the transatlantic slave trade by way of treaty and negotiation, enforcing these policies fell ships such as the Black Joke as they battled slavers, weather disasters, and interpersonal drama among captains and crew that reverberated across oceans. The Black Joke is a crucial and deeply compelling work of history, both as a reckoning with slavery and abolition and a lesson about the power of political will - or the lack thereof."--Provided by the publisher. 2022. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326.8094109034
Shipwrecked : a true Civil War story of mutinies, jailbreaks, blockade-running, and the slave trade / "Historian Jonathan W. White tells the riveting story of Appleton Oaksmith, a swashbuckling sea captain whose life intersected with some of the most important moments, movements, and individuals of the mid-19th century, from the California Gold Rush, filibustering schemes in Nicaragua, Cuban liberation, and the Civil War and Reconstruction. Most importantly, the book depicts the extraordinary lengths the Lincoln Administration went to destroy the illegal trans-Atlantic slave trade. Using Oaksmith?s case as a lens, White takes readers into the murky underworld of New York City, where federal marshals plied the docks in lower Manhattan in search of evidence of slave trading. Once they suspected Oaksmith, federal authorities had him arrested and convicted, but in 1862 he escaped from jail and became a Confederate blockade-runner in Havana. The Lincoln Administration tried to have him kidnapped in violation of international law, but the attempt was foiled. Always claiming innocence, Oaksmith spent the next decade in exile until he received a presidential pardon from U.S. Grant, at which point he moved to North Carolina and became an anti-Klan politician. Through a remarkable, fast-paced story, this book will give readers a new perspective on slavery and shifting political alliances during the turbulent Civil War Era." 2023. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 973.6092
Reparations for slavery and the slave trade : a transnational and comparative history /Ana Lucia Araujo "This is the first book to offer a transnational narrative history of the financial, material, and symbolic reparations for slavery and the Atlantic slave trade. Drawing from the voices of various social actors who identified themselves as the victims of the Atlantic slave trade and slavery, Araujo illuminates the multiple dimensions of the demands of reparations, including the period of slavery, the emancipation era, the post-abolition period, and the present."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 306.3/620973
A three years' cruize in the Mozambique Channel, for the suppression of the slave trade Barnard, Frederick Lamport 1848 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:326.4(678/691)
Liverpool, the African slave trade, and abolition : essays to illustrate current knowledge and research 1976 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 04
Dahomey and the ending of the trans-Atlantic slave trade : the journals and correspondence of Vice-Consul The British Vice-Consulate for the kingdom of Dahomey was established to suppress the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The documents collected here comprise principally of the journals of the Vice-Consul, Louis Fraser, which provide valuable insights into British policy on the slave trade. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 362.1(668.2)
Slave trades, 1500-1800 : globalization of forced labour 1996 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326.1"15/18"
The slave ship : a human history /Marcus Rediker. Rediker, Marcus. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326.1"17/18"
The Royal Navy and the suppression of the Atlantic slave trade, c. 1807-1867 : anti-slavery, empire and Wills, Mary. 2012. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.
A voyage to the River Sierra-Leone ... with an additional letter on the African slave trade Matthews, John 1966 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326(66)
Untold histories : Black people in England and Wales during the period of the British slave trade, c. A study of black people living in England and Wales during the period of the British slave trade (1660-1807) and their experiences. This is based on research carried out for the author's doctoral thesis. The evidence is obtained from sources including parish records, newspaper reports and trial proceedings. The author firstly examines the black population in England and Wales and particularly London, in terms of its size and composition. Further chapters consider freedom and enslavement, treatment by the criminal justice system, settlement and the poor laws and the extent to which black people assimilated or integrated into wider British society. The author looks at naming conventions used, evidence of marriage and family life as well as work. The text is supported by a detailed bibliography and notes. 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92(42)(=013)"16/18"
Why was the slave trade so important to Bristol in the first half of the eighteenth century? Banks, Louise • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 914.241
Sir John Hawkins : Queen Elizabeth's slave trader Kelsey, Harry 2003 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 92HAWKINS, JOHN