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

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Connors, Anthony J. (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Amherst : Bright Leaf, An imprint of University of Massachusetts Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Davoll, Edward S. Davoll, Edward S. > Ethics. Slave traders > Massachusetts > New Bedford > Biography. Whaling masters > Massachusetts > New Bedford > Biography. Slave trade > Moral and ethical aspects > History > 19th century. Slave trade > Cuba > History > 19th century. Slave trade > Africa > History > 19th century. Whaling > Massachusetts > New Bedford > History > 19th century. Seafaring life > History > 19th century. New Bedford (Mass.) > Biography.
Genre:	Biography.
Online Access:	EBSCO eBooks: 2019 (EBSCO) eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2019 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:	Went to the Devil: A Yankee Whaler in the Slave Trade
Format:	Electronic eBook

Contents:

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.