Captain Canot, Twenty Years Of An African Slaver

Sometimes Published As Adventures Of An African Slaver, This Replica Of The First Edition Restores Its Original TitleAll Of Its Unique Power Remains IntactAdapted From The Journals, Memoranda, And Conversations Of Frenchitalian Seafarer And Notorious Slaver Captain Theodore Canot , This Vivid And Unexaggerated Depiction Of The Slave Trade Between Africa And The New World Is Prized As AFirsthand Account Of Every Aspect Of The Industry, From How Slaves Are Purchased To The First Reactions Of Newly Arrived Slaves To The New World And BeyondExplicit And Shocking, This Volume Is Also AStartling Illustration Of The Racist Attitudes Of Its Day, From Canot's Justifications For The Slave Trade To The Introduction By American Journalist Brantz Mayer , Who Compiled Canot's Material For Publication And Defended His Subject's WorkThis Is Essential Reading For Anyone Interested In The History Of American Slavery.
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