Beschreibung:
In 1757, a sailing ship owned by an affluent Connecticut merchant sailed from New London to the tiny island of Bence in Sierra Leone, West Africa, to take on fresh water and slaves. On board was the owner's son, on a training voyage to learn the trade. The Logbooks explores that voyage, and two others documented by that young man, to unearth new realities of Connecticut's slave trade and question how we could have forgotten this part of our past so completely.
PrefaceRECOVERING THE STORYCleared for AfricaShadows on the WallCreating a Record"How Did You Find Me?"THE HAUNTED LANDMeeting the Slave TradersAnother Century, Not My OwnThe Past in DreamsHistory for an Abandoned PlaceThe Screaming ManThe Story of a StoneThe SlaughterhouseTROUBLE IN MINDA Book with Many BookmarksA Platform for MemoryThe Pain That SurvivesThe Fragile PowerHistory That Won't EndA HISTORY THAT DOESN'T "FIT"Back to AfricaTo Live in Peril on the SeaNot a Word but a WorldThe Slave Trade's Men in FullSEPARATIONSA Visit to MadinaThis Far, and No FurtherLegacyLost and FoundOur Choice Is the Truth or NothingAfterwordAcknowledgmentsNotesSelected BibliographyReading Guide