The career of the Franco-Italian slave trader Theodore Canot (1804-60) was long and eventful. This intimate and sometimes graphic insight into the slave trade, first published in 1854, was edited by the American historian and author Brantz Mayer (1809-79), who compiled it in close collaboration with Canot. Brantz considered his subject to be a man of unquestionable integrity whose story needed to be heard. Beginning with Canot's introduction to seafaring, the book is enriched by vivid anecdotes and occasional illustrations. From an encounter with Lord Byron to shocking descriptions of…mehr
The career of the Franco-Italian slave trader Theodore Canot (1804-60) was long and eventful. This intimate and sometimes graphic insight into the slave trade, first published in 1854, was edited by the American historian and author Brantz Mayer (1809-79), who compiled it in close collaboration with Canot. Brantz considered his subject to be a man of unquestionable integrity whose story needed to be heard. Beginning with Canot's introduction to seafaring, the book is enriched by vivid anecdotes and occasional illustrations. From an encounter with Lord Byron to shocking descriptions of massacres, the narrative describes multiple aspects of the slave trade: purchasing slaves; storing human cargo; the suppression of slave revolts; the establishment of the slave trade in new regions; and the legal, financial and practical requirements of running a slave ship. A counterpoint to accounts by slaves themselves, this work reflects the attitudes of its time.
1. My parentage and education 2. My uncle tells my adventure 3. I design going to South America 4. Bury my body in the sand to escape the insects 5. Life on a sand key 6. I am sent from the key 7. Reflections on my conduct and character 8. I take possession of my new quarters 9. Pains and dreariness of the 'wet season' 10. Mode of purchasing slaves at factories 11. An epoch in my life in 1827 12. How a cargo of slaves is landed in Cuba 13. I become intimate with 'country princes' and receive their presents 14. Joseph, my partner, has to fly from Africa 15. I study the institution of slavery in Africa 16. Caravan announced 17. I set forth on my journey to Timbo 18. A ride on horseback 19. A night bivouac in the forest 20. Spread of Mahometanism in the interior of Africa 21. We approach Tamisso 22. Improved character of the country and population as we advance to the interior 23. Our caravan proceeds towards Timbo 24. Site of Timbo and the surrounding country 25. My home journey 26. Arrival of a French slaver 27. Ormond communicates with the Spaniard 28. Capt. Escudero of the Esperanza dies 29. Off to sea 30. I am sent on board the corvette 31. I drift away in a boat with my servant 32. My greeting in Kambia 33. A visit to the Matacan river in quest of slaves 34. What became of the Esperanza's officers and crew 35. I escape capture 36. A 'white squall' 37. A long holiday 38. Our captain longs for calomel, and how I get it from a Scotchman 39. My returns from the voyage $12,000, and how I apply them 40. All Africans believe in divinities, except the Bagers 41. My voyage home in the Estrella 42. Smallpox and a necessary murder 43. The Aguila de Oro, a Chesapeake clipper 44. I am sent to France in the frigate Flora 45. Madame Sorret and my new quarters 46. New lodgers in our quarters 47. Monsieur Germaine, the forger 48. Plan of escape 49. Condition of the sentinel when he was found 50. I go to Portugal 51. I reach Goree, and hasten to Sierra Leone 52. Anecdotes of Blanco 53. I visit Liberia 54. My establishment at New Sestros, and how I created the slave trade in that region 55. No river at New Sestros 56. I go on a pleasure voyage in the Brilliant 57. What Don Pedro Blanco thought of my Quixotism 58. My compliments to British cruisers 59. Ups and downs 60. The confession of a dying sailor 61. My establishment at Digby 62. I escape from the bloody scene in a boat 63. Don Pedro Blanco leaves Gallinas 64. I make arrangements for future trade and business with Mr. Redman 65. I find my establishment in danger 66. I am attacked by the British cruiser Termagant 67. My barracooons destroyed 68. We land at Cape Mount 69. Visit to Monrovia 70. I remove, and settle permanently at New Florence 71. Account of the character of the Vey negroes 72. My workshops, gardens and plantations 73. Fana-Toro's war, and its effect on my establishment.
1. My parentage and education 2. My uncle tells my adventure 3. I design going to South America 4. Bury my body in the sand to escape the insects 5. Life on a sand key 6. I am sent from the key 7. Reflections on my conduct and character 8. I take possession of my new quarters 9. Pains and dreariness of the 'wet season' 10. Mode of purchasing slaves at factories 11. An epoch in my life in 1827 12. How a cargo of slaves is landed in Cuba 13. I become intimate with 'country princes' and receive their presents 14. Joseph, my partner, has to fly from Africa 15. I study the institution of slavery in Africa 16. Caravan announced 17. I set forth on my journey to Timbo 18. A ride on horseback 19. A night bivouac in the forest 20. Spread of Mahometanism in the interior of Africa 21. We approach Tamisso 22. Improved character of the country and population as we advance to the interior 23. Our caravan proceeds towards Timbo 24. Site of Timbo and the surrounding country 25. My home journey 26. Arrival of a French slaver 27. Ormond communicates with the Spaniard 28. Capt. Escudero of the Esperanza dies 29. Off to sea 30. I am sent on board the corvette 31. I drift away in a boat with my servant 32. My greeting in Kambia 33. A visit to the Matacan river in quest of slaves 34. What became of the Esperanza's officers and crew 35. I escape capture 36. A 'white squall' 37. A long holiday 38. Our captain longs for calomel, and how I get it from a Scotchman 39. My returns from the voyage $12,000, and how I apply them 40. All Africans believe in divinities, except the Bagers 41. My voyage home in the Estrella 42. Smallpox and a necessary murder 43. The Aguila de Oro, a Chesapeake clipper 44. I am sent to France in the frigate Flora 45. Madame Sorret and my new quarters 46. New lodgers in our quarters 47. Monsieur Germaine, the forger 48. Plan of escape 49. Condition of the sentinel when he was found 50. I go to Portugal 51. I reach Goree, and hasten to Sierra Leone 52. Anecdotes of Blanco 53. I visit Liberia 54. My establishment at New Sestros, and how I created the slave trade in that region 55. No river at New Sestros 56. I go on a pleasure voyage in the Brilliant 57. What Don Pedro Blanco thought of my Quixotism 58. My compliments to British cruisers 59. Ups and downs 60. The confession of a dying sailor 61. My establishment at Digby 62. I escape from the bloody scene in a boat 63. Don Pedro Blanco leaves Gallinas 64. I make arrangements for future trade and business with Mr. Redman 65. I find my establishment in danger 66. I am attacked by the British cruiser Termagant 67. My barracooons destroyed 68. We land at Cape Mount 69. Visit to Monrovia 70. I remove, and settle permanently at New Florence 71. Account of the character of the Vey negroes 72. My workshops, gardens and plantations 73. Fana-Toro's war, and its effect on my establishment.
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