Edward Davoll was a respected New Bedford whaling captain in an industry at its peak in the 1850s. But mid-career, disillusioned with whaling, desperately lonely at sea, and experiencing financial problems, he turned to the slave trade, with disastrous results. Why would a man of good reputation, in a city known for its racial tolerance and Quaker-inspired abolitionism, risk engagement with this morally repugnant industry?
In this riveting biography, Anthony J. Connors explores this question by detailing not only the troubled, adventurous life of this man but also the turbulent times in which he lived. Set in an era of social and political fragmentation and impending civil war, when changes in maritime law and the economics of whaling emboldened slaving agents to target captains and their vessels for the illicit trade, Davoll's story reveals the deadly combination of greed and racial antipathy that encouraged otherwise principled Americans to participate in the African slave trade. 19世纪50年代,贝德福德捕鲸业处于鼎盛时期,爱德华 · 达沃尔是一位受人尊敬的新任船长。但在职业生涯的中期,对捕鲸的幻想破灭,在海上极度孤独,并经历了经济问题,他转向了奴隶贸易,带来了灾难性的后果。为什么一个声誉良好的人,在一个以种族宽容和教友派启发的废奴主义闻名的城市,会冒险投身于这个道德上令人反感的行业? 在这本引人入胜的传记中,安东尼 · j · 康纳斯探讨了这个问题,他不仅详细描述了这个人多灾多难的冒险生活,而且还描述了他生活的动荡时期。故事发生在一个社会和政治分裂,内战迫在眉睫的时代,海洋法和捕鲸经济的变化鼓励奴隶贩子将目标对准船长和他们的船只进行非法贸易,达沃尔的故事揭示了贪婪和种族仇恨的致命组合,这鼓励原本有原则的美国人参与非洲奴隶贸易。 基本信息 出版社 : University of Massachusetts Press; 第 First 版 (2019年4月1日) 语言 : 英语 精装 : 208页 ISBN-10 : 162534404X ISBN-13 : 978-1625344045 商品重量 : 363 g 尺寸 : 13.34 x 2.03 x 21.59 cm
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