Went to the Devil
A Yankee Whaler in the Slave Trade
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Word Count
51,000 words, Guess
Page Count
204 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139781625344052
- ISBN-101625344058
- Library of Congress Control Number2018051740
- OCLC Control Number1066184141
- Better World Books9781625344052
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL29417883M
Classifications
- LCCF74.N5C66 2019
- LCCF74.N5 C66 2019
Description
"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, in a city known for its racial tolerance and Quaker-inspired abolitionism, risk engagement with this morally repugnant industry? In this riveting biography, Anthony J. Connors explores this question by detailing not only the troubled, adventurous life of this man but also the turbulent times in which he lived. Set in an era of social and political fragmentation and impending civil war, when changes in maritime law and the economics of whaling emboldened slaving agents to target captains and their vessels for the illicit trade, Davoll's story reveals the deadly combination of greed and racial antipathy that encouraged otherwise principled Americans to participate in the African slave trade"--
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- Went to the Devil
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