Atlantic
In the Eye of All Trade: Bermuda, Bermudians, and the Maritime Atlantic World, 1680-1783
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In an exploration of the oceanic connections of the Atlantic world, Michael J. Jarvis recovers a mariner’s view of early America as seen through the eyes of Bermuda’s seafarers. The first social history of eighteenth-century Bermuda, this book profiles how one especially intensive maritime community capitalized on its position “in the eye of all trade.”
Jarvis takes readers aboard small Bermudian sloops and follows white and enslaved sailors as they … More >>
In the Eye of All Trade: Bermuda, Bermudians, and the Maritime Atlantic World, 1680-1783
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Let This Voice Be Heard: Anthony Benezet, Father of Atlantic Abolitionism
- ISBN13: 9780812241297
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Anthony Benezet (1713-84), universally recognized by the leaders of the eighteenth-century antislavery movement as its founder, was born to a Huguenot family in Saint-Quentin, France. As a boy, Benezet moved to Holland, England, and, in 1731, Philadelphia, where he rose to prominence in the Quaker antislavery community.
In transforming Quaker antislavery sentiment into a broad-based transatlantic movement, Benezet translated ideas from diverse sources—E… More >>
Let This Voice Be Heard: Anthony Benezet, Father of Atlantic Abolitionism
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