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The Memoirs of Captain Hugh Crow: The Life and Times of a Slave Trade CaptainThe Memoirs of Captain Hugh Crow: The Life and Times of a Slave Trade CaptainThe Memoirs of Captain Hugh Crow: The Life and Times of a Slave Trade Captain
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Physical Book
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Author
Language
English
Pages
304
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
23x15.9x2 cm
Weight
0.52 kg.
ISBN
1851243216
ISBN13
9781851243211
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The Memoirs of Captain Hugh Crow: The Life and Times of a Slave Trade Captain

Pinfold, John ; Bodleian Library (Author) · Bodleian Library · Hardcover

The Memoirs of Captain Hugh Crow: The Life and Times of a Slave Trade Captain - Pinfold, John ; Bodleian Library

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Synopsis "The Memoirs of Captain Hugh Crow: The Life and Times of a Slave Trade Captain"

Numerous documents attest to the horrific conditions endured by African slaves during the centuries of the Atlantic slave trade. Less well known is the perspective of those who wielded power during this dark time in human history. The Bodleian Library fills that gap here with the memoirs of a principal figure in the slave trade, Captain Hugh Crow.The first-hand account of a man who commanded one of the last legal slave vessels to cross the Atlantic, Life and Times of a Slave Trade Captain offers a revealing if frequently troubling look into the psyche of a slave trader. His chronicle leaves nothing to the imagination, as he recounts the harsh routine of daily life on a slave vessel, where on average a fifth of the crew--let alone the human cargo--never survived the crossing. Crow portrays himself as an "enlightened" slaver, a claim he justifies through the link between his close attention to his "negroes" and his financial success, and the songs composed for him by the slaves. His account also includes commentary on the social propriety of the slave trade and notes about the conditions on West Indian and Caribbean plantations as well as on slave ships. John Pinfold's illuminating introduction recounts the life of Hugh Crow and sets him in the rich historical context of eighteenth-century mercantilism and its battle with the abolitionist movement. An eye-opening read, Life and Times of a Slave Trade Captain reveals an often overlooked facet in the complicated history of transatlantic slavery.

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