The Logbooks: Connecticut's Slave Ships and Human Memory
(Part of the The Driftless Connecticut Series & Garnet Books Series)
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Three long-neglected logbooks from Connecticut's slave trade raise questions about memory and collective forgetting
In 1757, a sailing ship owned by an affluent Connecticut merchant sailed from New London to the tiny island of Bence in Sierra Leone, West Africa, to take on fresh water and slaves. On board was the owner's son, on a training voyage to learn the trade. The Logbooks explores that voyage, and two others documented by that...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0819576441
ISBN13:9780819576446
Release Date:June 2016
Publisher:Wesleyan University Press
Length:208 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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