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Went to the Devil: A Yankee Whaler in the Slave Trade by Connors, Anthony J.

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Book Title: Went to the Devil: A Yankee Whaler in the Slave Trade

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

Topic: Regional U.S.

Narrative Type: Nonfiction

Intended Audience: Adult

Inscribed: NO

ISBN: 1625344058

Subject Area: Transportation, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

Publication Name: Went to the Devil : a Yankee Whaler in the Slave Trade

Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press

Item Length: 8.5 in

Subject: Slavery, Africa / General, United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), General, Ships & Shipbuilding / General, Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba, Historical

Publication Year: 2019

Type: Textbook

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Item Height: 0.6 in

Author: Anthony J. Connors

Item Weight: 9 Oz

Item Width: 5.2 in

Number of Pages: 204 Pages

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Product Identifiers

Publisher

University of Massachusetts Press

ISBN-10

1625344058

ISBN-13

9781625344052

eBay Product ID (ePID)

10038582168

Product Key Features

Number of Pages

204 Pages

Publication Name

Went to the Devil : a Yankee Whaler in the Slave Trade

Language

English

Publication Year

2019

Subject

Slavery, Africa / General, United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), General, Ships & Shipbuilding / General, Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba, Historical

Type

Textbook

Author

Anthony J. Connors

Subject Area

Transportation, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History

Format

Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height

0.6 in

Item Weight

9 Oz

Item Length

8.5 in

Item Width

5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience

Scholarly & Professional

LCCN

2018-051740

Dewey Edition

Reviews

"If you think you know all about whaling in America, you don't. Davoll's fascinating life exposes the disturbing and tragic truth that a small, but significant, number of American whalemen were accessories to the slave trade and, as such, were guilty of crimes against humanity."--Eric Jay Dolin, author of Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates"Meticulously researched and effectively written, Went to the Devil will appeal to anyone--scholars and casual readers alike--interested in American maritime history, whaling, and slavery."--Timothy Walker, professor of history at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and program director for "Sailing to Freedom: New Bedford and the Underground Railroad""Connors tells the story of Edward Davoll, a New Bedford-based whaling captain who veers towards the slave trade when the drudge and gruel of whaling begin to weigh and his fortune begins to fade."--Boston Globe"The ideal audience for Went to the Devil is the general public. Readers new to whaling history will find it a readable, well-informed account. To fill in gaps in the documentary record, Connors gives succinct explanations of how the American whaling industry worked. The book also has much information on the illegal slave trade."--Journal of the Early Republic, "If you think you know all about whaling in America, you don't. Davoll's fascinating life exposes the disturbing and tragic truth that a small, but significant, number of American whalemen were accessories to the slave trade and, as such, were guilty of crimes against humanity."--Eric Jay Dolin, author of Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates "Meticulously researched and effectively written, Went to the Devil will appeal to anyone--scholars and casual readers alike--interested in American maritime history, whaling, and slavery."--Timothy Walker, professor of history at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and program director for "Sailing to Freedom: New Bedford and the Underground Railroad" "Connors tells the story of Edward Davoll, a New Bedford-based whaling captain who veers towards the slave trade when the drudge and gruel of whaling begin to weigh and his fortune begins to fade."-- Boston Globe "The ideal audience for Went to the Devil is the general public. Readers new to whaling history will find it a readable, well-informed account. To fill in gaps in the documentary record, Connors gives succinct explanations of how the American whaling industry worked. The book also has much information on the illegal slave trade."-- Journal of the Early Republic, "If you think you know all about whaling in America, you don't. Davoll's fascinating life exposes the disturbing and tragic truth that a small, but significant, number of American whalemen were accessories to the slave trade and, as such, were guilty of crimes against humanity."--Eric Jay Dolin, author of Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates "Connors tells the story of Edward Davoll, a New Bedford-based whaling captain who veers towards the slave trade when the drudge and gruel of whaling begin to weigh and his fortune begins to fade."-- Boston Globe "Meticulously researched and effectively written, Went to the Devil will appeal to anyone--scholars and casual readers alike--interested in American maritime history, whaling, and slavery."--Timothy Walker, professor of history at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and program director for "Sailing to Freedom: New Bedford and the Underground Railroad", "If you think you know all about whaling in America, you don't. Davoll's fascinating life exposes the disturbing and tragic truth that a small, but significant, number of American whalemen were accessories to the slave trade and, as such, were guilty of crimes against humanity."--Eric Jay Dolin, author of Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates "Meticulously researched and effectively written, Went to the Devil will appeal to anyone--scholars and casual readers alike--interested in American maritime history, whaling, and slavery."--Timothy Walker, professor of history at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and program director for "Sailing to Freedom: New Bedford and the Underground Railroad" "Connors tells the story of Edward Davoll, a New Bedford-based whaling captain who veers towards the slave trade when the drudge and gruel of whaling begin to weigh and his fortune begins to fade."--Boston Globe, "If you think you know all about whaling in America, you don't. Davoll's fascinating life exposes the disturbing and tragic truth that a small, but significant, number of American whalemen were accessories to the slave trade and, as such, were guilty of crimes against humanity."--Eric Jay Dolin, author of Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates "Connors tells the story of Edward Davoll, a New Bedford-based whaling captain who veers towards the slave trade when the drudge and gruel of whaling begin to weigh and his fortune begins to fade."-- Boston Globe "Meticulously researched and effectively written, Went to the Devil will appeal to anyone--scholars and casual readers alike--interested in American maritime history, whaling, and slavery."--Timothy Walker, professor of history at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and program director for "Sailing to Freedom: New Bedford and the Underground Railroad" "The ideal audience for Went to the Devil is the general public. Readers new to whaling history will find it a readable, well-informed account. To fill in gaps in the documentary record, Connors gives succinct explanations of how the American whaling industry worked. The book also has much information on the illegal slave trade."-- Journal of the Early Republic

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Illustrated

Yes

Dewey Decimal

381.44092

Synopsis

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 reputation, in a city known for its racial tolerance and Quaker-inspired abolitionism, risk engagement with this morally repugnant industry? In this riveting biography, Anthony J. Connors explores this question by detailing not only the troubled, adventurous life of this man but also the turbulent times in which he lived. Set in an era of social and political fragmentation and impending civil war, when changes in maritime law and the economics of whaling emboldened slaving agents to target captains and their vessels for the illicit trade, Davoll's story reveals the deadly combination of greed and racial antipathy that encouraged otherwise principled Americans to participate in the African slave trade.

LC Classification Number

F74.N5C66 2019

2019

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