The Black Joke: The True Story of One British Ship's Battle Against the Slave Trade

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John Gover designed a new type of gun carriage in the late 1790s or early 1800s that enabled the guns to be handled by smaller gun crews and the guns to be stored alongside the rails rather than perpendicular to them. [12] Sullivan, Anthony (2020). Britain's War Against the Slave Trade: The Operations of the Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron 1807–1867. Frontline. ISBN 9781526717962.

British Humour: Dark humour that surrounds itself in surrealism to provide a confusing joke whose punchline is incredibly sardonic. In the author's note, Rooks does comment on how there is much more information about the British officers than the enslaved that they rescue, but she tries to highlight their humanity (instead of just showing numbers) through copies of the actual registers with names and descriptions of those who were "liberated" from the slave ships. Unfortunately, I found these to be rather difficult to read. The descriptions of the conditions aboard the slaving vessels from the logs of the Navy crew did drive home how horrible conditions were aboard the ships. I mean...we all know it was bad, but from these descriptions...it was far worse. Congratulations to the author on a well researched and well written book. 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.

He said it took four years to finally come out with his story because he slowly worked out that he experienced microaggressions — "a form of systemic, everyday racism used to keep those at the racial margins in their place," according to a paper from 2014, published in the journal Race Ethnicity and Education. Heroic Comedic Sociopath: One of the ( so-called) " good guys" is inclined toward hilariously offensive behavior. de Tousard, Louis (1809). American artillerist's companion; or, Elements of artillery, treating of all kinds of firearms in detail, and of the formation, object and service of the flying or horse artillery, preceded by an introductory dissertation on cannon. Philadelphia: C. and A. Conrad. I saw this book in a listing of history books, I grabbed it to learn of this chapter of World History. It is a historical work, describing the actions of one ship as part of the British Navy of the late 1820’s and how it fit into the West AfricaCommand, asked in Freetown. Sierra Leone, Africa. 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. Mostly Brazil.

Other interesting information in this book is the different views of slaves in the different colonies, largely driven by the crops that are grown there. It is appalling. Rooks also touches briefly on Britain's role in the South American colonies' bid for freedom, homosexuality in the British Navy, tropical diseases and the state of medicine during this period, and the British Navy's use of Kroomen. The tune is known as "But the House and Ben the House" in Shetland, and Cooke says some informants gave the first lines as: The most notable fall from grace in recent months has been that of Shane Dawson. Once crowned the "King of YouTube" for reimagining the platform and popularizing long-form docu-series videos, his name is now associated with racism, pedophilia jokes, and sexualizing animals. https://imslp.org/wiki/Morris_Dance_Tunes_(Sharp,_Cecil). {{ cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= ( help) This is not a history with easy answers and clear heroes and villains. While there are plenty of people who act valiantly and often do the right thing, there are always gray areas--and of course there are the slavers themselves who often act with terrible inhumanity.Correspondence from Collier to the Admiralty, 12 December 1827, held at The National Archives, archival reference ADM 1/1682. Naturally, the ship had been looted first, everything of value removed. The western coast of Africa was not a place where stores and sails would go to waste; what could not be used would be sold or traded by the same people who’d destroyed one of the finest Baltimore clippers ever to sweep across the open sea.

Hilariously Abusive Childhood: Jokes about children suffering from parental abuse or other traumatic experiences. Bait-and-Switch Suicide: A gag where it looks like a character is about to kill themselves, but they really weren't. Correspondence between the governor, the Colonial Secretary and the Board of Admiralty held by The National Archives, reference ADM 1/4249Leonard, Peter (1833), The Western coast of Africa: Journal of an officer under Captain Owen: Records of a voyage in the ship Dryad, in 1830, 1831, and 1832, Philadelphia: Edward C. Mielke, OCLC 191250092 So let me start by saying I do not like stories about ships. I will actively avoid such books, and when I do find myself reading them, I'm confused and irritated the whole time. And while I was still confused reading this book, due to my own inability to properly imagine what a ship looks like, especially a ship from the 1800s, I was never irritated. At least not at the narrative. The actions of humanity though... absolutely. By 1830, slavers annually transported some 80,000 captives from Africa in a trade that ultimately saw 12.5 million people shipped in chains. https://cecilsharpspeople.org.uk/handy-michael.html. {{ cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= ( help)