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Ship of death : a voyage that changed the Atlantic world / Billy G. Smith.

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"It is no exaggeration to say that the Hankey, a small British ship that circled the Atlantic in 1792 and 1793, transformed the history of the Atlantic world. This extraordinary book uncovers the long-forgotten story of the Hankey, from its altruistic beginnings to its disastrous end, and descr...

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Online Access: Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Author: Smith, Billy G. (Billy Gordon)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Bolama Association.
Hankey (Ship : 1784)
Yellow fever > Guinea-Bissau > Bolama Island > History > 18th century.
Epidemics > History > 18th century.
Yellow fever > Caribbean Area > History > 18th century.
Yellow fever > United States > History > 18th century.
Bolama Island (Guinea-Bissau) > Colonization.
Antislavery movements > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Abolitionists > Great Britain > Biography.
Bolama Island (Guinea-Bissau) > History > 18th century.
Epidemics.
Social control.
Arbovirus infections.
Sociology.
Virus diseases.
History.
Public health.
Social sciences.
Diseases.
Humanities.
Medical care.
Medicine > History > 18th century.
Yellow fever.
Human rights.
Colonization.
Antislavery movements.
Abolitionists.
United States.
Guinea-Bissau > Bolama Island.
Great Britain.
Caribbean Area.
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • CHAPTER 1: The Hankey
  • CHAPTER 2: The British Colonists
  • CHAPTER 3: West Africa
  • CHAPTER 4: Cross-Cultural Negotiations
  • CHAPTER 5: Death in Bolama
  • CHAPTER 6: Grumettas and the Final Days of the “Canabacsâ€? Chickensâ€?
  • CHAPTER 7: Yellow Jack Comes to the Caribbean
  • CHAPTER 8: Calamity in the United States Capital
  • CHAPTER 9: Journal of the Plague Months
  • Epilogue: The Living and the Dead
  • The Legacy of the Hankey
  • NOTES
  • GLOSSARY OF PEOPLE AND PLACES OF WEST AFRICA
  • A.
  • BC
  • G
  • K
  • M
  • N
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • U
  • V
  • INDEX
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • K
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Y
  • Z.

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