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Freedom's debt : the Royal African Company and the politics of the Atlantic slave trade, 1672-1752
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Freedom's debt : the Royal African Company and the politics of the Atlantic slave trade, 1672-1752

William A. Pettigrew

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"Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia."

Contents

Prologue: "This African Monster"
Part One. Deregulation, 1672-1712
The Politics of Slave-Trade Escalation, 1672-1712
The Interests : "A Well-Governed Army of Veteran Troops" versus "an Undefinable Heteroclite Body" of "Pirates" and "Buccaneers"
The Ideas : Challenging "The Tales of ... Mandevil"
The Strategies : "As Witches Do the Devil"
Part Two. Re-regulation, 1712-1752
The Outcomes : Tropical Burlesques
The Legacies : Free to Enslave
Epilogue: Confused Commemorations
Appendix 1: Data Supplements for Annual Slave-Trading Voyages, 1672-1752
Appendix 2: A Directory of Independent Slave Traders, 1672-1712
Appendix 3: A Directory of Lobbying Independent Traders, 1678-1713
Appendix 4: A Directory of Royal African Company Directors, 1672-1750
Appendix 5: Africa Trade Petitions to Parliament on the Royal African Company's Monopoly, 1690-1752.

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Freedom's debt : the Royal African Company and the politics of the Atlantic slave trade, 1672-1752 by William A. Pettigrew. ISBN 9781469611815. Published by The University of North Carolina Press in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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