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 voyage
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 attributed 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