Slave Captain. The career of James Irving in the Liverpool slave trade

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First published 1995. Comprises an introduction covering Irving's career and involvement in the slave trade [pp3-80]; a transcription of his journal when shipwrecked on the Coast of Barbary, 1789, and his enslavement, May 1789-Oct 1790 [pp125-51]; transcriptions of 40 of his letters relating to his career in the Liverpool slave trade and his period in slavery [pp81-123]