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Triangle trade / Geoff Woodland.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Woodland, Geoff, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historical fiction.
- Liverpool (England)--History--19th century.
- Liverpool (England).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (266 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- South Yorkshire, England : Pen & Sword Fiction, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 1804, Liverpool was the largest slave trading port in Great Britain, yet her influential traders felt threatened by the success, in Parliament, of the anti-slavery movement. Few in Liverpool condemned the 'Trade'. William King, son of a Liverpool slave trader, sickened by what he experienced aboard a Spanish slaver, was one of the few who did speak out. Triangle Trade, set during the dying days of this despicable business, has generational change, moral wickedness, greed, romance, and the fortunes of war woven through the lives of a father and son caught up in the turmoil that preceded the
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Prologue; Chapter 1: Father's House; Chapter 2: A Ship to Command; Chapter 3: The Slaver; Chapter 4: Proposal; Chapter 5: Liverpool; Chapter 6: The Liverpool Road; Chapter 7: Liverpool Arrival; Chapter 8: Prodigal Son; Chapter 9: Estranged; Chapter 10: Miss Charlotte; Chapter 11: The Abolitionists; Chapter 12: The Albatross; Chapter 13: Farewell; Chapter 14: Stowaway; Chapter 15: Another Proposal; Chapter 16: The Wedding; Chapter 17: The Wedding Night; Chapter 18: The Truth; Chapter 19: Boston; Chapter 20: Mamre; Chapter 21: Mamre Lake
- Chapter 22: Liverpool LassChapter 23: Jamaica Bound; Chapter 24: Return to Boston; Chapter 25: More Proposals; Chapter 26: Havana Fire; Chapter 27: Rescue; Chapter 28: Escape; Chapter 29: Regrets; Chapter 30: Home at Last; Chapter 31: Father's House; Chapter 32: Accused; Chapter 33: Boston Again; Chapter 34: Fever; Chapter 35: The Future; Chapter 36: Charlotte's Return; Chapter 37: Dinner; Chapter 38: The Invitation; Chapter 39:Nicholson Dinner; Chapter 40: Hatred Flows; Chapter 41: Miller's Dam; Chapter 42: Wanted; Further Information
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4738-2931-3
- 1-4738-2665-9
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