History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque, with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade, 1744-1812 by Gomer Williams
By 1783 three ports in England London, Bristol, and Liverpool accounted for over sixty per cent of privateering commissions. History of the Liverpool Privateers is still considered to be the best source of information on privateering and the slave trade, from Liverpool or any other port.
Readers should not forget what is as hard to appreciate today in the case of slave trading as it was over a hundred years ago when Gomer Williams wrote his book – that it was a legitimate endeavour in the eyes of domestic and emerging international law, and, more important, was not viewed as in any way immoral: before the late eighteenth century, slave trading and privateering were seen as indistinguishable from trading in Baltic timber or Canadian furs
David Eltis
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| ISBN 13 | 9780853237099 |
| ISBN 10 | 0853237093 |
| Title | History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque, with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade, 1744-1812 |
| Author | Gomer Williams |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press |
| Year published | 2004-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 740 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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