The Diligent : a voyage through the worlds of the slave trade /
Draws on the private journal of First Lieutenant Robert Durand and a variety of archival material to describe the voyage of the French slave ship, "The Diligent," and its role within the context of the slave trade as a whole.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Basic Books,
[2002]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for access Table of contents http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.09286 Book review (H-Net) Publisher description Reading advice (software, printing, accessibility, privacy) Full text available from ACLS (Swansea University login required). http://library.ncl.ac.uk/openurl/?u.ignore_date_coverage=true&rft.mms_id=990009396350102411 Access full text online. Electronic access restricted; authentication may be required: |
| Summary: | Draws on the private journal of First Lieutenant Robert Durand and a variety of archival material to describe the voyage of the French slave ship, "The Diligent," and its role within the context of the slave trade as a whole. |
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| Physical Description: | xxx, 466 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Awards: | L.A. Times Book Prize Finalist History, 2002. Lukas Prize Project History Prize, 2003. Frederick Douglass Book Prize, 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-451) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0465028713 9780465028719 0465028721 9780465028726 |