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The slave ship Fredensborg
Slaveskipet Fredensborg. English
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"This is an illustrated story of a typical slave ship and its last voyage on the triangular trade between Denmark-Norway, the Gold Coast in Africa, and the islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix. The ...
"This is an illustrated story of a typical slave ship and its last voyage on the triangular trade between Denmark-Norway, the Gold Coast in Africa, and the islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix. The wreck of the Fredensborg was discovered off the coast of Norway in 1974, more than 200 years after it sank in 1768. By examining the wreckage and surviving written sources (including the ship captain's log), Svalesen, diver and author, has reconstructed the Fredensborg's journey in detail. He is able to give the reader virtually a day-by-day account of what life was like for captain, crew and the newly enslaved. This is the triangular trade made specific and personal based on the records and artifacts of the best documented slave vessel ever discovered"--Jacket.
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- Creator
- Leif Svalesen ; translated by Pat Shaw and Selena Winsnes
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2000
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- 243 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm
- ISBNs
- 0253337771, 9780253337771
- OCLC
- ocm45280223
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-241).
- pt. 1. The slave ship Fredensborg. The Cron Prindz Christian and the company trade ; The Fredensborg is fitted out for the slave trade ; To Africa by way of southern Norway ; Slaves, ivory, and gold ; The black slave ship ; Slaves and colonies ; Homeward bound and shipwrecked ; After the wreck -- pt. 2. To the bottom of the history. Objects from the deep ; From Tromoy to St. Croix ; A journey to the Gold Coast
Subjects
- Fredensborg (Ship)
- Slave trade -- Denmark -- History -- 18th century.
- Slave trade -- Africa -- History -- 18th century.
- Slave trade -- United States Virgin Islands -- History -- 18th century.
- Slavery.
Children's Subject Heading
- Slavery -- Slave trade.
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