Devon and the Slave Trade. Documents on African enslavement, abolition and emancipation from 1562 to 1867

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Author(s) Gray, Todd
Publication type Monograph
Year published 2007
Pages 242pp; illus
Publisher Mint Press
Place Published Exeter

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City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Description of and extracts from documents in Devon and national collections relating to 'the ways in which slavery was part of Devon's history'. Main themes are slaving voyages and plantation administration (especially accounts). Structured in three parts: 1] 'Acquisition - slave voyages'; 2] 'Investment - plantations and trade'; 3] 'Abolition and emancipation'. Mich about Sir John Hawkins in 16th century