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Aitken, Jonathan. John Newton: From Disgrace to Amazing Grace. London: Continuum, 2007, xix, 308 pp. Foreword: Philip Yancey; useful & popular study of famous figure; to RN, flogged, to slaving ship, to abolitionist; wrote "Amazing Grace."

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, merchant marine, Royal Navy, Britain, England, slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , music, culture, arts

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Aiton, A.S. "The Assiento Treaty as Reflected in the Papers of Lord Shelburne." HisAHR, 8 (1928): 167-77. Assiento, contract to supply slaves to Spanish colonies.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , commerce, trade, business, slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, imperialism, colonialism, colonization, colonisation, colonial expansion, informal empire , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Alexander, Andrew. "Negotiation, Trade and the Rituals of Endurance: An Examination of the Slave Trading Voyage of De Zon, 1775-1776." Itinerario, 31 (2007): 39-58.

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18th century, eighteenth, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , voyage

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Allen, William, Thomson, T.R.H. & Trotter, H.D. A Narrative of the Expedition Sent by HM Government to the River Niger in 1841, under the Command of Captain H.D. Trotter, RN. 2 vols. London, 1848.

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19th century, nineteenth, exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , Royal Navy, Britain, England, slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , river

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Anstey, Roger T. & Hair, P.E.H. Liverpool, the African Slave Trade, and Abolition: Essays to Illustrate Current Knowledge and Research. Occasional Series, # 2. Liverpool: Historic Society of Lancashire, 1976, vi, 244 pp. Essays, some cited; conference, "Liverpool and Translantic Slavery," 13-15 October 2005, Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing

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Anstey, Roger T. "A Note on J.E. Inikori, 'Measuring the Atlantic Slave Trade': An Assessment of Curtin and Anstey." J African History, 17 (1976): 606-07.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, historian, history, historical, personality, prominent leader, noted person , slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage

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Anstey, Roger T. The Atlantic Slave Trade and British Abolition, 1760-1810. New York: Humanities; London: Macmillan, 1975, xxiv, 456 pp.

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19th century, nineteenth, 18th century, eighteenth, age of sail, Royal Navy, Britain, England, slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage

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Anstey, Roger T. "The North American Slave Trade, 1761-1810." Revue Francaise d'Histoire d'Outre-Mer, 62 (1975): 226-27.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , Royal Navy, Britain, England, slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage

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Anstey, Roger T. "The Slave Trade and the Continental Powers, 1760-1810." EcHR, 2 ser, 30 (May 1977): 259-68.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Anglo-Dutch, Netherlands, Low Country, Holland, Anglo-French, France , Anglo-Spanish, Spain, Iberia , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage

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Anstey, Roger T. "The Volume and Profitability of the British Slave Trade, 1761-1807." See S. Engerman, Race & Slavery in the Western Hemisphere, pp. 3-32.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , merchant marine, slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, economics, economic policy

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Anstey, Roger T. "The Volume of the North American Slave-Carrying Trade from Africa, 1761-1810." Revue Francaise d'Histoire d'Outre-Mer, 61 (1975).

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, merchant marine

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Ascott, D.E., Lewis, J.E. & Power, M.J. Liverpool, 1660-1750: People, Prosperity and Power. Chicago: Chicago UP, 2006, 224 pp.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, commerce, trade, business, port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage

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Atkinson, M. "The English Slave Trade, 1698-1739." Master's thesie, Exeter, 1974.

Keywords:

17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, merchant marine

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Augeron, Michael & Tranchant, Mathias, eds. La Violence et la Mer dans l'Espace Atlantique (XIIe-XIXe siecle): Actes du colloque international organise par l'Universite de La Rochelle (JE SEAMAN) TENU A La Rochelle et a Rochetfort-sur-Mer les 14, 15 et 16 novembre 2002. Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2004, 525 pp. Essays on brutality of life at sea, e.g., on slave ships & galleys.

Keywords:

age of sail, Anglo-French, France , Atlantic World, British domination, British North America, culture, influence , condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , discipline, slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, galley, oared ship, oared vessel, trireme

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Aughton, Peter. Liverpool: A People's History. Preston: Carnegie, 1990, 232 pp.

Keywords:

general history, general survey, survey, maritime history, naval history , port, commercial center, seaport, trade center, entrepot , trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage

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Austen, Ralph A. "The Slave Trade as History and Memory: Confrontations of Slaving Voyage Documents and Communal Traditions." W & MQ, 58 (2001): 229-44.

Keywords:

18th century, eighteenth, 19th century, nineteenth, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, general history, general survey, survey

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Austin, Gareth. "Between Abolition and Jihad, the Ashanti Response to the Ending of the Slave Trade, 1807-1896." See R. Law, From Slave Trade to Commerce, pp. 93-118.

Keywords:

19th century, nineteenth, slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage, commerce, trade, business

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Bailyn, Bernard. "Considering the Slave Trade: History and Memory." W & MQ, 58 (2001): 245-52.

Categories:

age of sail; memoir; slave trade;

Keywords:

age of sail, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , slave trade, Atlantic slave trade, Middle Passage

Abbreviations
AHR American Historical Review
Alb Albion
alt alternate
Am Nep American Neptune
AQ & DJ Army Quarterly and Defence Journal
ASLIB Association of Libraries (Dissertations & Master's Theses)
BIHR Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research
Can His Rev Canadian Historical Review
Can J His Canadian Journal of History
comp Compiled by
DAI Dissertation Abstracts International
EcHR Economic History Review
ed editor or edited by
EnHR English Historical Review
HisAHR Hispanic American Historical Review
HJ Historical Journal (Cambridge Historical Journal)
His Res Historical Research
His Tod History Today
Intell & Nat Sec Intelligence and National Security
IJ Mar His International Journal of Maritime History
IJ Nau Arch International Journal of Nautical Archaeology
IHR International History Review
intro introduction
J Am His Journal of American History
J Asian His Journal of Asian History
JBS Journal of British Studies
J Cont His Journal of Contemporary History
J Econ His Journal of Economic History
JI & CH Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
J Mar Res Journal for Maritime Research
J Mil His Journal of Military History
J Mod His Journal of Modern History
JRUSI Journal of the Royal United Service Institution or Institute
J Soc His Journal of Social History
JSAHR Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
J Stra Stu Journal of Strategic Studies
J Trans His Journal of Transport History
J Wor His Journal of World History
MM Mariner's Mirror
Mil Aff Military Affairs
NHS Naval History Symposium (USNA)
NMM National Maritime Museum
Nav Rev Naval Review
NWCR Naval War College Review (US)
Nel Dis Nelson Dispatch
NIP Naval Institute Press
Nor Mar Northern Mariner
Pac His Rev Pacific Historical Review
P & P Past and Present
Traf Chron Trafalgar Chronicle
trans translated by
UP University Press
USNIP Proceedings of the Naval Institute
Vic Stu Victorian Studies
War & Soc War and Society
War in His War in History
W&MQ William and Mary Quarterly
WSS World Ship Society

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