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Author:

Walvin, James.

Title:

The trader, the owner, the slave : parallel lives in the age of slavery / James Walvin.

Publisher:

Vintage,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xix, 297 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Newton, John,--1725-1807.
Thistlewood, Thomas,--1721-1786.
Equiano, Olaudah,--b. 1745.
Slave trade--Africa--History.
Slave trade--Europe--History.
Slave trade--America--History.
Slave traders--Great Britain--Biography.
Slaveholders--Jamaica--Biography.
Slaves--Great Britain--Biography.
Slaves--United States--Biography.

Notes:

Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-284) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Three men among millions -- The slave trader: John Newton (1725-1807). A wayward youth -- In Africa -- Slave trader -- Finding grace in slavery -- From slaving to preaching -- The slave trader as cleric -- Reluctant abolitionist -- The slave owner: Thomas Thistlewood (1721-1786). A Jamaican apprenticeship -- Sugar and slaves -- Tacky's revolt -- An independent man -- A refined and prospering man -- The end to it all -- The slave: Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797). An African in England -- Kidnapped -- In miserable slavery -- Prospering in slavery -- A free man -- Religion, redemption and America -- Africa, abolition and the Book.

ISBN:

0712667636 (pbk.)
9780712667630 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)176826522

Locations:

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)