Went to the devil : a Yankee whaler in the slave trade /
"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 reputati...
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Format: | eBook Electronic |
Language: | English |
Imprint: | Amherst : Bright Leaf, an imprint of University of Massachusetts Press, [2019] |
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Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |