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The price they paid : slavery, shipwrecks, and reparations before the Civil War /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Forret, Jeff, 1972- (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : The New Press, [2024]
Subjects:
Slavery > Law and legislation > United States > History.
Slaveholders > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > History.
Shipwrecks > Law and legislation > United States > History.
Reparation (Criminal justice) > United States > History.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > United States > History.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)
19th Century.
United States.
HISTORY.
Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Slavery.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
HISTORY / African American & Black
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Disaster as opportunity. The wreck of the Comet
  • Insuring human merchandise
  • Proslavery exertions
  • The Encomium runs aground
  • British indecision
  • John Waddell, slave owner
  • Emancipation from the Enterprise
  • Part 2. Law, diplomacy, and politics. Britain's decision
  • The law of nations
  • Compensation
  • An alarm of fire
  • The wreck of the Hermosa
  • Relief
  • Opposition
  • The trials of widowhood
  • Unsettled claims
  • Appendix A: List of captives aboard the Comet
  • Appendix B: List of captives aboard the Encomium
  • Appendix C: List of captives aboard the Enterprise
  • Appendix D: List of captives aboard the Hermosa.