Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xvii
5. 1. The Hankey 1
6. 2. The British Colonists 28
7. 3. West Africa 62
8. 4. Cross-Cultural Negotiations 75
9. 5. Death in Bolama 98
10. 6. Grumettas and the Final Days of the “Canabacs’ Chickens” 124
11. 7. Yellow Jack Comes to the Caribbean 157
12. 8. Calamity in the United States Capital 187
13. 9. Journal of the Plague Months 206
14. Epilogue: The Living and the Dead 242
15. The Legacy of the Hankey 254
16. Notes 257
17. Glossary of People and Places of West Africa 289
18. Index 295