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History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque - With an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade (Paperback)
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History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque - With an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History
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This book, first published in 1897, examines two important factors
in the growth of Liverpool as a major port: privateering and the
slave trade. It incorporates a large amount of primary source
material, including extracts from letters and newspaper reports.
Privateeering developed as Britain became a global maritime power
through merchant shipping and exploration, privateers being ships
and individuals authorised by the government through Letters of
Marque to attack and capture foreign ships for profit. Williams
recounts the exploits of several notorious privateers sailing from
Liverpool, and describes how the industry functioned and flourished
during the French revolution, the Seven Years' War and the American
wars. He provides much practical detail, including how best to
capture ships while causing them minimal damage. The second part of
his book is still regarded as a classic history of the Liverpool
slave trade, and clearly reveals the author's anti-imperialist
views.
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