Went to the devil : a Yankee whaler in the slave trade / Anthony J. Connors.

"Edward Davoll was a respected New Bedford whaling captain in an industry at its peak in the 1850s. But mid-career, disillusioned with whaling, desperately lonely at sea, and experiencing financial problems, he turned to the slave trade, with disastrous results. Why would a man of good reputation, i...

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Main Author: Connors, Anthony J. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Amherst : Bright Leaf, an imprint of University of Massachusetts Press, [2019]
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Physical Description:xv, 185 pages ; 21 cm
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505 0 |a A note on the Transatlantic slave trade -- A whaling career -- Captain -- The parting -- "Keep a high toe nail & a stiff upper lip" -- The wreck of the Iris -- Recovery -- "What's in the wind?" -- Evasion -- The case against Captain Davoll -- The sham whalers of New Bedford -- Slave traders and abolitionists -- The curious case of the Ship B -- Captain Edward S. Davoll (1822-1863) -- Consequences. 
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