SWEET WATER AND BITTER: THE SHIPS THAT STOPPED THE SLAVE TRADE
Written by Sian Rees
Published by Chatto & Windus
in 2009
ISBN: 9780701181598
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SWEET WATER AND BITTER: THE SHIPS THAT STOPPED THE SLAVE TRADE
Written by Sian Rees.
Stock no. 2138825
1st.
2009.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780701181598. Small knocks to spine, which is also a bit faded. Page edge browning. Wrapper is a little edge-creased and faded to spine.
Front cover
Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue
- 1 Black Bounty
- 2 Unlawful Force
- 3 False Papers and Mongrel Vessels
- 4 Bad Blood
- 5 The Fever, the Deys and the Ashanti
- 6 Two Captains
- 7 Two Lieutenants
- 8 A Costly Grave
- 9 Cuban Customs, Brazilian Buccaneers
- 10 Black Jokes and High Jinks
- 11 The First Great Blows
- 12 Willing Promoters and Partial Remedies
- 13 Blockade
- 14 Commerce, Christianity and Civilisation
- 15 Palaver and Presents
- 16 Habits not Ornamental to the Navy
- 17 Persevering Offenders
- 18 To an End, Immediately and Forever
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index