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REPRESENTING SLAVERY: ART, ARTEFACTS AND ARCHIVES IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM
Written by Douglas Hamilton; Robert J. Blyth.
Stock no. 1828117
Published by Lund Humphries.
1st
2007.
Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
This book draws on the extensive collections of the National Maritime Mueseum, Greenwich, and is published to mark the 200th anniversary of Parliament's abolition of the British slave trade in 1807. Ten specially commissioned essays by leading scholars set the collections in their historical context, demonstrating the scale and brutality of slavery, the nature and extent of African resistance, and the widespread effort to achieve abolition and emancipation. Edited by Hamilton & Blyth. Grey cloth boards, white title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780853319665. Light rubbing to base of spine. Name & date in ink to front endpaper else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapperi s lightly scuffed to rear panel.
SWEET WATER AND BITTER: THE SHIPS THAT STOPPED THE SLAVE TRADE
Written by Sian Rees.
Stock no. 2138825
Published by Chatto & Windus.
1st
2009.
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.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- SLAVERY
THE SLAVES
Written by Susanne Everett.
Stock no. 1820266
Published by Bison Books.
1st
1978.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A comprehensive, illustrated account of human bondage. Large format. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0861240111. Spine slightly cocked. Text block browned. A few foxspots. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper has a small mark to top of front panel.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- SLAVERY
THE FORGOTTEN TRADE
Written by Nigel Tattersfield.
Stock no. 2124207
Published by Jonathan Cape.
1st
1991.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Comprising the log of the Daniel and Henry of 1700 and Accounts of the Slave Trade from the Minor Ports of England, 1698-1725. With a foreword by John Fowles. ISBN: 0224029150. Pages are browned. Wrapper is edge-creased with faded spine.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- SLAVERY
- MARITIME
FROM SLAVERY TO CITIZENSHIP
Written by Richard Ennals.
Stock no. 1208880
Published by John Wiley & Sons.
1st
2007.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
'This book reminds us that slavery was not abolished in 1807 but continues in modern forms today'. Green boards, white title to spine. Contributions from Africa, America, Europe and Asia and from discourses in work organisation, occupational health, psychiatry and human rights. 417 pages includes index. ISBN: 9780470028322. SIGNED by author on title page.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- SLAVERY
- SOCIAL HISTORY