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SLAVE SHIPS AND SLAVING.
Edition: First printing.
Salem, Massachusetts: Marine Research Society, 1927. Hardcover first edition - A historical narrative of the slave trade as it was conducted between the early 1500s and 1859, a trade which continued even after it was prohibited by law. Among the topics covered are The Guinea Coast; Sir John Hawkins, Slave Trader; the Voyage of the Ship Hannibal of London, 1693; The Slaving Voyage of the Albio-Frigate of London; The Liverpool and Bristol Slavers; Mutinies aboard Slave Ships in the early days; Captain Crow, the Last Slaver out of Liverpool; Slaving Voyages by Rhode Island Vessels and more. Publication Number 15 of the Marine Research Society. 50 black and white illustrations and maps, index. xxxv, 349 pp plus a 1 pp. list of their publications.
Condition: Very near fine in black cloth with gilt titling to the spine - a large and heavy book, one upper corner slightly bumped.
Book ID: 87948More details Price: $125.00 -
BLACK ODYSSEY: The Afro-American Ordeal in Slavery
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pantheon, 1977. dj. Hardcover first edition - A brief but powerful account of the history of the African American slave from Africa into enslavement, from Virginia to Mississippi, and to emancipation. ISBN: 0-394-416414.
Condition: Ex-library with 'discard' stamped, missing front endpaper, but overall good condition in a very good dustjacket.
Book ID: 26995More details Price: $12.50 -
BLACK ODYSSEY: The Afro-American Ordeal in Slavery
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pantheon, 1977. dj. Hardcover first edition - A brief but powerful account of the history of the African American slave from Africa into enslavement, from Virginia to Mississippi, and to emancipation. ISBN: 0-394-416414.
Condition: Very good in a near fine dustjacket (faint remainder mark)
Book ID: 74221More details Price: $28.50