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The trader, the owner, the slave parallel lives in the age of slavery

In this new and original interpretation of the barbaric world of slavery and of its historic end in April 1807, the parallel lives of three individuals caught up in the enterprise of human enslavement-a trader, an owner, and a slave-are examined. John Newton (1725-1807), best known as the author of...

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Main Author:	Walvin, James
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London Jonathan Cape 2007
Subjects:	Newton, John > 1725-1807 Thistlewood, Thomas > 1721-1786 Equiano, Olaudah > 1745- Slave trade > Africa > History Slave trade > Europe > History Slave trade > America > History Slave traders > Great Britain > Biography Slaveholders > Jamaica > Biography Slaves > Great Britain > Biography Slaves > United States > Biography
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