Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. List Of Illustrations xi
4. Introduction, 2004 xiii
5. Preface xxv
6. History Of The Liverpool Privateers And Letters Of Marque, &c.
7. A Peep Behind The Scenes–The Ancient Mariner And The Ancient Merchant 1
8. The Story Of Captain Fortunatus Wright And Selim The Armenian Captive 32
9. Privateers Of The Seven Years’ War 79
10. Privateers Of The American War Of Independence 179
11. Liverpool Privateers And Letter Of Marque Ships During The Wars Of The French Revolution 303
12. Liverpool Privateers During The Second War With America 430
13. The Liverpool Slave Trade
14. How It Originated And Thrived 465
15. Captain John Newton 496
16. The Massacre At Old Calabar 529
17. The Abolition Movement 567
18. Horrors Of The Middle Passage 582
19. Emoluments Of The Traffic–A Millionaire’S Ventures 594
20. The Corporation And The Slave Trade 609
21. Captain Hugh Crow 626
22. List of Vessels trading to and from Liverpool, captured by the Spaniards and French, in the War of 1739-1748 659
23. The Enterprise Privateer, Cost of Outfit, List of Owners, Officers, &c. September 1779 661
24. List of Vessels trading to and from Liverpool, captured by the Enemy during the Seven Years’ War, 1756-1763 665
25. List of the principal Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque in the War with America, France, Spain, and Holland (1775-83) 667
26. The Swallow, Letter of Marque Against the French, Dated 12th July 1796 670
27. Appendix To Slave Trade Section
28. List of the Company of Merchants trading to Africa, belonging to Liverpool, in the year 1752 674
29. A List Of The Guineamen Belonging To Liverpool In The Year 1752, with their Owners’ and Commanders’ names and the number of slaves carried by each 675
30. The number of ships which cleared out from the port of Liverpool to the coast of Africa, from the earliest date to the time of the trade being abolished in May, 1807 678
31. List of Houses that annually imported upwards of 1000 Slaves, the Number of Ships employed, and Slaves by them imported, from 1783 to 1793, showing the proportion they held to all the slave-vessels that annually sailed from the port of Liverpool during- that period 678
32. List of the Company of Merchants trading to Africa, belonging to Liverpool, in the year 1807 679
33. Comparative Statement of Ships cleared out from the Ports of London, Liverpool, and Bristol, to the Coast of Africa, for ten years, from 1795 to 1804 inclusive 680
34. Paid for a Negro man at Bonny, in 1801 680
35. List Of Guineamen Belonging To The Port Of Liverpool Which Sailed For Africa, from the 5th of January, 1798, to the 5th of January, 1799 681
36. Summary of the aggregate number of Liverpool ships employed in the Guinea trade, together with the number and value of the slaves imported to the West Indies from 1783 to 1793 685
37. Extract from “A Log of the proceedings on board the Brigg Mampookata, on a voyage to Ambrize, on the coast of Angola,” in the year 1787 686
38. Character Of The Seamen In The Slave Trade 688
39. Food Of The Slaves 689
40. Index To Names Of Persons Mentioned In This Work 691
41. Index To Subjects 700