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by Marcus Rediker


  insurance

  insurrection on slave ships

  on Africa

  barricado for defense against

  Brooks image and

  on Brownlow

  causes of

  on Delight

  on French slaver

  on Hudibras

  on New Britannia

  outcomes of

  punishment for

  on Unity

  on Wasp

  Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African (Equiano)

  interpreters

  Ireland, Jonathan

  Islam

  Jackson, Richard

  Newton makes alliance with

  Newton sails with

  “Now have a hell of my own,”

  punishes slaves for attempted insurrection

  terror used by

  Jamaica

  Captain Tomba delivered to

  as destination for slaves

  Kingston

  Laurens trades in

  Riland returns to

  Stanfield sails to

  Tacky’s Revolt

  James .L.R.

  James, William

  Jasper, Captain

  Jefferson, Thomas

  Jeffreys, Ninian

  Jenkins, William.

  jihad

  Jillett, Thomas

  Job Ben Solomon

  Joe-men

  John (ship)

  judicial punishments

  Kabes, John.

  Kasanje

  Katherine (ship)

  Kelsal, James

  Kennelly, John

  Kettle, James

  kidnapping

  African merchants and

  African war as

  Bobangi on

  of Equiano

  of Gronniosaw

  Newton on

  resistance to

  King, Thomas

  Kingston (Jamaica)

  kinship, fictive

  Klein, Herbert S...

  Kongo

  Konny, John

  Kru

  Lace family

  Lady Neilson (ship)

  landsmen

  languages

  Lapsansky, Philip.

  Lapworth, Will

  Laroche, James

  Laurens, Henry

  Lawson, Caesar

  Lawson, Edward

  Leadstine, John

  Lees, William

  Leigh, William

  Lemma Lemma, Captain

  Lewis, Job

  Leyland, Thomas

  Liberty (ship).

  Lines, William

  Littleton, William

  Liverpool

  becomes leading slave trading port

  Bight of Biafra trade of

  Brooks sails from

  Clarkson’s research in

  delegates to parliamentary hearings from

  farewells to slave ships in

  first recorded voyages from

  Manesty

  mortality rate for sailors from

  Newton sails from

  Noble family of.

  Norris

  Parr built at

  recruiting slavers’ crews in

  “Bully” Roberts sails from

  sailors’ insurrection of

  slave-ship captains from

  slave ships built in

  specialized slaving vessels built at

  Stanfield sails from

  trend toward larger vessels in

  wage reduction in.

  Loango

  London

  Liverpool overtakes in slave trade

  Morice

  trend toward larger vessels in

  longboats

  Lopez, Aaron

  Louis

  Lovejoy, Paul..

  Loyal George (ship)

  Luanda

  Lunda Empire

  McBride, Captain

  McGauley, James

  McIntosh, William

  Mackdonald, Peter

  Magnus, John

  Malinke

  manacles

  Manchester, Isaac.

  Manesty, Joseph

  Adlington owned by.

  Newton employed by

  slave ships built by

  Mane Wars

  Mann, Luke

  Manning, Patrick.

  Mansfield, Judge

  maritime tongues

  Marjoribanks, John.

  Marshall, Thomas

  Mary (ship)

  Massachusetts

  Matamba

  mates

  cat-o’-nine-tails used by

  eat with captain

  learning required of

  in slave-ship division of labor

  wages for

  watches taken by

  Matthews, John

  Memoirs of the Reign of Bossa Ahádee, King of Dahomy, and Inland Country of Guiney (Norris)

  Mende

  Mendoss, John

  merchants

  African

  captain as representative of

  captains employed by

  Clarkson and

  Laurens

  in Liverpool insurrection of

  Morice

  Norris

  Postlethwayt

  receiving

  “ship’s husband,”

  slave ships as factories for

  slave trade controlled by

  Stanfield on

  in top tier of slave trade

  violence of

  see also Royal African Company

  Mercury (ship)

  Merrick, George

  Messervy, Francis

  Middle Passage

  abolitionist depictions of

  crew mortality on

  emphasis on mortality of

  Equiano’s experience of

  as linking expropriation and exploitation .

  Newton’s Duke of Argyle makes

  Norris on

  number of slaves in

  Stanfield on

  superfluous crew members after

  Middleton, Thomas

  Millar, George

  Miller, Joseph.

  Miller, William

  Molembo

  Molineux, Captain

  Molly (ship).

  Moore, Francis

  Moore, Henry.

  More, Hannah

  Morice, Humphry

  instructions for his captains

  insulates himself from consequences of his actions

  Laurens compared with

  trades in Whydah

  Morley, James

  mortality

  of captains

  of crews.

  main causes of death

  of slaves.

  Murdock, William

  Murray, Mungo

  Murray, Robert

  mutiny.

  Nancy (ship)

  Nassau (ship)

  necessary tubs

  neck irons

  Nelly (ship)

  Neptune (ship)

  New Britannia (ship)

  New Calabar

  Newport (Rhode Island)

  Newton, John

  on African coastal traders

  African wife of

  “Amazing Grace” written by

  as bred to the sea

  Christian paternalism of

  as Church of England minister

  communicates with other captains

  on cruelty of slave-ship captains

  enslavement of

  enters slave trade

  and Equiano.

  first voyage

  on fraudulent trading practices of captains

  illness on third voyage

  Manesty as employer of

  as mate on the Brownlow

  mutiny against

  from rebel sailor to Christian captain

  religious conversion of

  religious manual for sailors proposed by .

  second voya
ge

  on sexual exploitation of female slaves

  on slave-ship captaincy as godly calling

  on slave-ship sailors

  spiritual diary of

  stroke ends slaving career of

  third voyage

  on Tucker

  as writer

  Nightingale (ship)

  Noble, Clement

  as captain of Brooks.

  family of.

  Noble family.

  Norris, Robert

  on captain going belowdecks.

  on close stowing of slaves

  on guarding captives.

  Memoirs of the Reign of Bossa Ahádee, King of Dahomy, and Inland Country of Guiney

  on paying careful attention to captives

  on regulation of slave trade

  on sexual abuse of slave women

  Short Account of the African Slave Trade, Collected from Local Knowledge, A

  on war as source of slaves

  Observations on a Guinea Voyage (Stanfield) .n..

  officers of slave ships

  captains discuss

  cat-o’-nine-tails reserved for

  recruitment of

  sexual exploitation of female slaves by

  wages of

  see also doctors (surgeons); mates

  Ogden (ship)

  Ogle, Challenor

  Ogoni

  Old Calabar

  Oldfield, J.R...

  Oliver, George

  ordinary seamen

  Oriji, John

  Osei Tutu

  Ovimbundu

  Owen, Nicholas

  Oyo Empire

  Pain, Samuel

  Park, Mungo

  Parker, Isaac

  Parr, Edward

  Parr, Thomas and John

  Parr (ship)

  Parrey, Captain

  Pascal, Michael Henry

  Pearce, Jeremiah

  Pearl Galley (ship)

  Pearson, Thomas

  Peggy (ship)

  Pemberton, Captain

  Penny, James .

  Perkins, John.

  Philmore, J.

  pidgins

  Piggot, Mr.

  Pike, Stephen

  pirates

  Pitt, William.

  plantation system

  Pocock, Nicholas

  Polly (ship).

  Pope, Francis

  Portuguese explorers

  Postlethwayt, Malachy

  Potter, Peter

  press-gangs

  Priestly, Joseph

  Prince (ship)

  Prince Henry (ship)

  Prince of Orange (ship)

  Princess (ship)

  Principles of Naval Architecture (Gordon)

  privilege slaves.

  punishment

  exemplary

  for insurrection

  judicial

  for jumping overboard

  for refusal to eat

  for resistance to “dancing,”

  see also flogging

  Quakers

  race, “production” of

  Racehorse (ship)

  Radcliffe, Thomas.

  raiding

  Ranger (ship)

  rape

  Rathbone, William

  rats

  Rawlinson, John

  Rearden, John

  Redwood, Abraham

  refuse slaves

  Rendall, William

  reparations

  resistance by slaves

  to African slavers

  by “The Boatswain,”

  captains assist one another during

  captains concerned about

  by Captain Tomba

  culture of

  to “dancing,”

  dialectic of discipline and

  forms of

  jumping overboard .

  Laurens on

  merchants concerned about

  during Middle Passage

  on Newton’s African

  on Newton’s Duke of Argyle

  refusal to eat (hunger strike)

  by Sarah

  songs of

  suicide .

  on Tucker’s Loyal George

  see also insurrection on slave ships

  Rhode Island

  Brooks image reproduced in

  deaths of crew of Elizabeth

  doctors rarely carried on ships from

  D’Wolf family of .

  first recorded slaving voyage from

  Newport

  slave ships built in

  Richardson, David

  Richardson, John.

  Richardson, William

  Rigby, James

  Riland, John .

  Rivera, Jacob

  Robe, Edward

  Robert (ship)

  Roberts, Bartholomew

  Roberts, Thomas “Bully,”

  Robertson, William.

  Robinson, Samuel

  on cleaning lower deck

  on crews stealing slave food

  on sailors

  on sharks

  as ship’s boy

  on slave communication

  Rodney, Lord

  Rodney, Walter

  Royal African Company

  branding by

  free traders’ opposition to

  Job Ben Solomon repatriated by

  Kabes as employee of.

  Moore as employee of

  old man Plunkett of

  Postlethwayt as employee of

  Smith as employee of

  Tucker as employee of

  Rushton, Edward.

  Sadler, John

  sailors, see crews of slave ships

  Sailor’s Farewell (Boulton)

  St. Kitts

  Sally (ship)

  Sanderson, Thomas

  Sandown (ship)

  Sandys, Samuel

  sangaree

  Sarah (slave)

  schooners

  scramble

  scurvy

  Seaflower (ship)

  seaman, common

  seamen, see crews of slave ships

  Seaton, William

  Senegambia

  belief in going home to Guinea after death in

  foods from

  languages of

  Laurens on slaves from

  slaves from interior markets purchased in

  as source of slaves

  Sereer

  Setarakoo, William Ansah

  sexual services

  shackles

  sharksn.

  Sharp, Granville

  Shearer, William

  Sheffield, John Lord

  Shipbuilder’s Assistant, The (Sutherland)

  shipbuilding

  ships (ship type)

  ship’s boys

  “ship’s husband,”

  shipworm

  shipwreck

  Short Account of the African Slave Trade, Collected from Local Knowledge, A (Norris)

  short allowance

  sickness

  among crews

  main causes of death

  among slaves

  Stanfield on

  see also health care

  Sierra Leone

  Bance Island

  facility for forming new bonds in

  languages spoken in

  Newton trades in

  as source of slaves

  wars in

  Simmons, John

  Simson, Richard

  singing

  Skinner, Samuel

  Slave Carrying Bill (Dolben Act) of

  Slave Carrying Bill of

  Slave Coast

  slaves

  arrival aboard slave ship

  arrival in New World

  belowdeck communication by

  boarding slave ship

  “The Boatswain,”

  bonding among

  captains’ relations with

  Captain Tomba

  “civilizing” effect att
ributed to slavery .

  communication among

  confidence slaves

  crew as guards of

  crews’ violence against

  cultural differences among .

  “dancing” by

  death of

  destinations for

  Equiano

  expressive culture of

  fighting among

  as first abolitionists

  food for

  geographical sources of

  on going home to Guinea after death

  hardware of bondage

  incentive for treating well

  kidnapping as source of

  kinfolk on slave ships

  languages of

  leadership among

  merchants’ preferences regarding

  numbers assigned to

  precautions against enslavement

  preparing for sale

  privilege slaves.

  as “produced,”

  productivity of

  raiding as source of

  refuse slaves

  reparations for wrongs done to

  Sarah

  separation of relatives and friends

  sharks as terror of

  as shipmates

  sickness among

  singing of

  social characteristics of

  spoonways packing of

  stripping of

  war as source of

  slaves (continued)

  women forming relationships with sailors

  work on board ship

  see also resistance by slaves

  slave ships

  after abolition.

  arrival of slaves aboard

  in Atlantic system of capital and labor

  Brooks

  “building house” on

  as class-riven

  construction of

  copper-sheathed hulls ofn.

  cost of

  Equiano’s experience of

  evolution of

  as factories

  as Guineamen

  human relationships on

  main goal as to be full

  men’s and women’s quarters on

  netting to prevent escape

  pirates terrorize

  as prisons

  Riland’s description of

  sailor-slave relations on

  sharks follow

  sickness on

  sizes of.

  sounds of

  standardization of

  Stanfield on

  stench of

  terror used on

  as torture tools

  varieties of

  as war machines

  see also captains of slave ships; crews of slave ships; officers of slave ships; and ships and captains by name

  slave trade

  abstraction as violence regarding

  in Africa

  African paths to Middle Passage

  average rate of profit in

  Brooks image in debates over

  DuBois on

  ending of legal

  first recorded voyages from Rhode Island and Liverpool

  “humane” regulation of

  justifications of

  mortality rate in.

  Newton on horrors of

  number of slaves in

  as “nursery for seamen,”

  parliamentary investigation into

  participants in

  peak period of

  in political arithmetic of British empire

  Portuguese explorers in

  scholarship on..

  as social murder

  Stanfield on horrors of

  those who benefited most from

 

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