The Capture of a Slaver

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Publisher's Synopsis

A true personal account of the capture of a slave-running ship by a United States gunship in the fleet assigned for the suppression of the slave trade. It is told in 1900 by John Taylor Wood, who, 50 years earlier, had been a young midshipmen on the United States brig Porpoise in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of West Africa, at the mouth of the Niger River.

Book information

ISBN: 9781979872096
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Weight: -1g