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Author Harms, Robert, 1946-

Title The Diligent : a voyage through the worlds of the slave trade / Robert Harms.

Publication Info. New York : Basic Books, [2002]
©2002

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Location Call No. Status
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  380.144 HARMS    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  380.144 HAR    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  380.1 HAR    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  326 HAR    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  380.144 H22    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xxx, 466 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-451) and index.
Contents List of illustrations -- Preface -- Illustrations credits -- Acknowledgments -- pt. 1. Matters of morality -- pt. 2. The financiers -- pt. 3. Outfitting a slaver -- pt. 4. Sailing south -- pt. 5. Cruising the African coast -- pt. 6. Whydah -- pt. 7. Assou -- pt. 8. Jakin -- pt. 9. Atlantic Islands -- pt. 10. The middle passage -- pt. 11. Martinique -- pt. 12. The return -- Afterword -- appendix A. Reconstructing the balance sheet of the Diligent -- appendix B. Abbreviations used in notes -- Notes -- Index.
Subject Slave trade -- France -- History -- 18th century.
Local Subject Trafficking in enslaved persons -- Africa, West -- History -- 18th century.
Trafficking in enslaved persons -- France -- History -- 18th century.
Subject Diligent (Ship)
Slave trade -- Africa, West -- History -- 18th century.
ISBN 0465028713
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