This compelling book is a useful addition to the canon, showing both the violence and inhumanity of the trade and the heartening role of those who stood against it. If you have not glued them in place yet I suggest you cut the camber before assembly as it will be much easier than trying to do so after they are glued up. As evidenced by the recorded frustrations of West African Squadron Commodore Sir Francis Augustus Collier in various letters, it surely felt like they were being either ignored or actively fought against by the government in carrying out their assigned mission. Rooks does a great job of giving the reader the necessary background information to understand the difficulties faced by the Black Joke and its squadron, including quite a bit of background on international relations among the European and South American powers and the treaties that were in place. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

A groundbreaking history of the Black Joke , the most famous member of the British Royal Navy’s anti-slavery squadron, and the long fight to end the transatlantic slave trade. The author did a fantastic job explaining the atmosphere of the times in the West African Squad (WAS), the Royal Navy and of course the ship’s legacy. I opted for 6 ish inch planks as that seems to have been standard deck plank size on post 1812 Baltimore Clippers of the time period. Unfortunately we cannot offer a refund on custom prints unless they are faulty or we have made a mistake. It prime mission, was to chase down the “slaver” ships as they began their voyage out of the slave ports of Africa, heading to various ports in the western hemisphere.Rooks' attention to detail should go down in the annals of history; usually I find myself Googling to find answers to questions I have about some element of a book, but Rooks' detailed descriptions and useful end notes really cut down my labors. On another thread I mentioned that I got inspired by reading a recent book about a little-known vessel that was pressed into the West Africa Squadron to fight the slave trade.

Much of the scholarship that studies this “punching down” variety of humor relies on the superiority theory to explain how feelings of ethnic/racial superiority and hostility inform racist humor. It's been years since I've found a particularly tasty sentence and passage to add to my folder of vocabulary and writings to keep around and enjoy later.

This book is just insane, and illustrative of how LITTLE we (at least those of us in the US) truly learn about slavery and the slave trade in school. This was a fact that I had to memorize in high school, but I had never stopped to think about how that actually worked. champion with completed degrees in theater, law, and library and information science, currently at work on a PhD in human sexuality that incorporates aspects of the legal history of sex in the United States. A worthwhile lesson for any lover of British Naval history, but probably one of the most important little ships in the history of the British Navy because of its most holy mission. Presidente was lost at sea on her way to Sierra Leone, but Black Joke earned salvage money for Hosse.