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Author
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 Walvin, James.
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Title
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The trader, the owner, the slave : parallel lives in the age of slavery / James Walvin.
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Imprint
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London : Vintage, 2008.
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Description
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xix, 297 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 20 cm.
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Erie South Library HT1322 .W35 2008 Regular Loan
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Gen. note
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Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2007.
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Bibliography
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-284) and index.
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Contents
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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.
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Personal Subject
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Newton, John, 1725-1807.
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Thistlewood, Thomas, 1721-1786.
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Equiano, Olaudah, b. 1745.
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Subject
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Slave trade -- Africa -- History.
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Slave trade -- Europe -- History.
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Slave trade -- America -- History.
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Slave traders -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Slaveholders -- Jamaica -- Biography.
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Slaves -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Slaves -- United States -- Biography.
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ISBN
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9780712667630 (pbk.)
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0712667636 (pbk.)
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System no.
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000138852
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