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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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

Went to the devil : a Yankee whaler in the slave trade

Authors: Connors, Anthony J.
Published: Bright Leaf, an imprint of University of Massachusetts Press, 2019

Physical Description: xv, 185 pages ; 21 cm

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