{"product_id":"captain-canot-or-twenty-years-of-an-african-slaver-paperback-9781108083409","title":"Captain Canot; Or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108083409","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCaptain Canot\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOr, Twenty Years of an African Slaver\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished in 1854, a first-hand account of the life of a slaver, giving an intimate insight into the slave trade.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBrantz Mayer (Edited by), Theodore Canot (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108083409, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 July 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e488 pages, 7 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.8 cm, 0.61 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe career of the Franco-Italian slave trader Theodore Canot (1804–60) was long and eventful. This intimate and sometimes graphic insight into the slave trade, first published in 1854, was edited by the American historian and author Brantz Mayer (1809–79), who compiled it in close collaboration with Canot. Brantz considered his subject to be a man of unquestionable integrity whose story needed to be heard. Beginning with Canot's introduction to seafaring, the book is enriched by vivid anecdotes and occasional illustrations. From an encounter with Lord Byron to shocking descriptions of massacres, the narrative describes multiple aspects of the slave trade: purchasing slaves; storing human cargo; the suppression of slave revolts; the establishment of the slave trade in new regions; and the legal, financial and practical requirements of running a slave ship. A counterpoint to accounts by slaves themselves, this work reflects the attitudes of its time.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. My parentage and education\u003cbr\u003e 2. My uncle tells my adventure\u003cbr\u003e 3. I design going to South America\u003cbr\u003e 4. Bury my body in the sand to escape the insects\u003cbr\u003e 5. Life on a sand key\u003cbr\u003e 6. I am sent from the key\u003cbr\u003e 7. Reflections on my conduct and character\u003cbr\u003e 8. I take possession of my new quarters\u003cbr\u003e 9. Pains and dreariness of the 'wet season'\u003cbr\u003e 10. Mode of purchasing slaves at factories\u003cbr\u003e 11. An epoch in my life in 1827\u003cbr\u003e 12. How a cargo of slaves is landed in Cuba\u003cbr\u003e 13. I become intimate with 'country princes' and receive their presents\u003cbr\u003e 14. Joseph, my partner, has to fly from Africa\u003cbr\u003e 15. I study the institution of slavery in Africa\u003cbr\u003e 16. Caravan announced\u003cbr\u003e 17. I set forth on my journey to Timbo\u003cbr\u003e 18. A ride on horseback\u003cbr\u003e 19. A night bivouac in the forest\u003cbr\u003e 20. Spread of Mahometanism in the interior of Africa\u003cbr\u003e 21. We approach Tamisso\u003cbr\u003e 22. Improved character of the country and population as we advance to the interior\u003cbr\u003e 23. Our caravan proceeds towards Timbo\u003cbr\u003e 24. Site of Timbo and the surrounding country\u003cbr\u003e 25. My home journey\u003cbr\u003e 26. Arrival of a French slaver\u003cbr\u003e 27. Ormond communicates with the Spaniard\u003cbr\u003e 28. Capt. Escudero of the Esperanza dies\u003cbr\u003e 29. Off to sea\u003cbr\u003e 30. I am sent on board the corvette\u003cbr\u003e 31. I drift away in a boat with my servant\u003cbr\u003e 32. My greeting in Kambia\u003cbr\u003e 33. A visit to the Matacan river in quest of slaves\u003cbr\u003e 34. What became of the Esperanza's officers and crew\u003cbr\u003e 35. I escape capture\u003cbr\u003e 36. A 'white squall'\u003cbr\u003e 37. A long holiday\u003cbr\u003e 38. Our captain longs for calomel, and how I get it from a Scotchman\u003cbr\u003e 39. My returns from the voyage $12,000, and how I apply them\u003cbr\u003e 40. All Africans believe in divinities, except the Bagers\u003cbr\u003e 41. My voyage home in the Estrella\u003cbr\u003e 42. Smallpox and a necessary murder\u003cbr\u003e 43. The Aguila de Oro, a Chesapeake clipper\u003cbr\u003e 44. I am sent to France in the frigate Flora\u003cbr\u003e 45. Madame Sorret and my new quarters\u003cbr\u003e 46. New lodgers in our quarters\u003cbr\u003e 47. Monsieur Germaine, the forger\u003cbr\u003e 48. Plan of escape\u003cbr\u003e 49. Condition of the sentinel when he was found\u003cbr\u003e 50. I go to Portugal\u003cbr\u003e 51. I reach Goree, and hasten to Sierra Leone\u003cbr\u003e 52. Anecdotes of Blanco\u003cbr\u003e 53. I visit Liberia\u003cbr\u003e 54. My establishment at New Sestros, and how I created the slave trade in that region\u003cbr\u003e 55. No river at New Sestros \u003cbr\u003e 56. I go on a pleasure voyage in the Brilliant\u003cbr\u003e 57. What Don Pedro Blanco thought of my Quixotism\u003cbr\u003e 58. My compliments to British cruisers\u003cbr\u003e 59. Ups and downs\u003cbr\u003e 60. The confession of a dying sailor\u003cbr\u003e 61. My establishment at Digby\u003cbr\u003e 62. I escape from the bloody scene in a boat\u003cbr\u003e 63. Don Pedro Blanco leaves Gallinas\u003cbr\u003e 64. I make arrangements for future trade and business with Mr. Redman\u003cbr\u003e 65. I find my establishment in danger\u003cbr\u003e 66. I am attacked by the British cruiser Termagant\u003cbr\u003e 67. My barracooons destroyed\u003cbr\u003e 68. We land at Cape Mount\u003cbr\u003e 69. Visit to Monrovia\u003cbr\u003e 70. I remove, and settle permanently at New Florence\u003cbr\u003e 71. Account of the character of the Vey negroes\u003cbr\u003e 72. My workshops, gardens and plantations\u003cbr\u003e 73. Fana-Toro's war, and its effect on my establishment.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: African history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on African history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22African%20history%20%5BHBJH%5D%22\"\u003eHBJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266214842648,"sku":"9781108083409","price":36.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108083409i_133f711a-c843-463b-a503-9fba59f18161.jpg?v=1696751856","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/captain-canot-or-twenty-years-of-an-african-slaver-paperback-9781108083409","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}