Excavating the histories of slave-trade and pirate ships : property, plunder and loss / Lynn Brenda Harris, Valerie Ann Johnson, editors.
Harris, Lynn B., editor.; Johnson, Valerie Ann, editor.
2022
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Title
Excavating the histories of slave-trade and pirate ships : property, plunder and loss / Lynn Brenda Harris, Valerie Ann Johnson, editors.
ISBN
9783030962333 (electronic bk.)
3030962334 (electronic bk.)
9783030962326
3030962326
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96233-3
Published
Cham : Springer, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
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1 online resource.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-96233-3 doi
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CC77.U5
Dewey Decimal Classification
930.1028/04
Summary
This edited volume brings new perspectives on the topic maritime archaeology of the slave trade in the Caribbean. The book focuses on shipwrecks of the slave trade in the 18th century and suggests that there is a more complex and challenging social narrative than has previously been discussed. The authors examine biographies of ships, crew members, voyage logs, cargo inventories, trader correspondence and contextual analysis of the artifact assemblages to bring new insights into the microeconomics and maritime traditions of these floating prisons. The illustrious biography of Captain Edward Thache (aka Blackbeard) reveals past identities as a naval officer, slave trader, and pirate. Categories of artifacts in archaeological collections represent cultural connections and traditions of enslaved Africans. The volume includes several case studies that inform these narratives and examines slave ships such as la Concorde, Henrietta Marie, Whydah, La Marie Seraphique and Marquis de Bouill©♭. Within the larger context of slave trade during the 18th century, authors explore legal and illegal trade in the British West Indies. These studies also address the plethora of social, political, and environmental impacts on these island communities that played an integral and strategic role in slave trade economics. This volume presents up-to-date research of professional maritime historians, artifact curators, and marine archaeologists drawing upon primary source documents, artwork, and material culture. The research collaborators reconstruct the international spheres of colonial North America, Europe, Africa, and West Indies. It is an interwoven narrative, both unique and typical, to the social and economic dynamics of 18th century Atlantic World.
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Harris, Lynn B., editor.
Johnson, Valerie Ann, editor.
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Contributions to global historical archaeology.
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Introduction
Chapter 1. 18th Century Opportunities for (Il)legal Trade in the British West Indies (Ben Siegel)
Chapter 2. Maritime slavery and enslaved lifeways on St. Eustatius (Ruud Stelton)
Chapter 3. African enslaved women of the 18th century Transatlantic Slave Trade (Kelsey Dwyer)
Chapter 4. Gold and Glass: Artifacts as African Expressions of Creation aboard Slave Ships (Lynn Brenda Harris)
Chapter 5. Examining the Potential of 17th And 18th Century Marine Art as a Research Tool in Investigation of Shipwrecks Identified as Slave-Trade and Pirate Ships (Sarah C. Watkins-Kenney, Lynn B. Harris, And Third/Second Author)
Chapter 6. Searching for Inclusivity in the Archaeological Record of a Ship with Two Names (Linda F. Carnes-Mcnaughton and Mark U. Wilde-Ramsing)
Chapter 7. Pewter Discovered on Shipwrecks of Early 18th Century Slave-Trade and Pirate Vessels.(Sarah C. Watkins-Kenney)
Chapter 8. Tales from the Archive: Pirate Captain Blackbeard⁰́₉s capture of La Concorde, a French-slave trading vessel (Hannah Francis)
Chapter 9. Edward Thache, or Blackbeard the Pirate (Baylus Brooks)
DISCUSSANT - EPILOGUE (Valerie Ann Johnson).

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