History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade, 1744-1812

756 Pages·2004·34.448 MB·English

by  Gomer Williams

THE LIVERPOOL PRIVATEERS
AND
THE LIVERPOOL SLAVE TRADE
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HISTORY
OF THE
LIVERPOOL PRIVATEERS
AND
LETTERS OF MARQUE
WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE
LIVERPOOL SLAVE TRADE,
1744—1812
GOMER WILLIAMS
INTRODUCTION BY DAVID ELTIS
LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY PRESS
McGILL-QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY PRESS
MONTREAL & KINGSTON • LONDON • ITHACA
© McGill-Queen's University Press 2004
ISBN 0-7735-2745-1 (cloth)
ISBN o-7735-2746-x (paper)
Legal deposit third quarter 2004
Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec
Published in the European Union by
Liverpool University Press
ISBN 0-85323-709-3 (cased)
ISBN 0-85323-789-1 (limp)
First published in i897 by William Heinemann (London) and
Edward Howell (Liverpool)
Printed in Canada on acid-free paper that is 100 per cent ancient
forest free (100 per cent post-consumer recycled), processed chlorine
free.
McGill-Queen's University Press acknowledges the support of the
Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program. We also
acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada
through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program
(BPIDP) for its publishing activities.
National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Williams, Gomer
History of the Liverpool privateers and letters of marque : with an
account of the Liverpool slave trade, 1744—1812 / by Gomer Williams.
Reprint, with a new introd. by David Eltis, of the ed. published:
London : W. Heinemann, 1897.
ISBN 0-7735-2745-1 (bnd)
ISBN o-7735-2746-x (pbk)
i. Privateering — England — Liverpool — History. 2. Slave trade —
England — Liverpool — History. I. Title.
DA77.W54 2004 359.4092242753 02004-901641-5
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AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED
TO
HALL CAINE
BY HIS FRIEND, THE AUTHOR.
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CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS - - - - - -- xi
INTRODUCTION, 2004 DAVID ELTIS - xiii
PREFACE _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ xxv
PART I. — PRIVATEERING.
CHAPTER I.
PAGE.
A PEEP BEHIND THE SCENES — THE ANCIENT MARINER
AND THE ANCIENT MERCHANT - i
CHAPTER II.
THE STORY OF CAPTAIN FORTUNATUS WRIGHT AND
SELIM, THE ARMENIAN CAPTIVE - - - - 32
CHAPTER III.
PRIVATEERS OF THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR 79
CHAPTER IV.
PRIVATEERS OF THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE - 179
CHAPTER V.
LIVERPOOL PRIVATEERS AND LETTERS OF MARQUE
SHIPS DURING THE WARS OF THE FRENCH
REVOLUTION - - - - - - -- 3 03
CHAPTER VI.
LIVERPOOL PRIVATEERS DURING THE SECOND WAR
WITH AMERICA - - - _ _ __ 4 30