Brian T Higgins
Biographic Data
| ID | 6182764 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian T Higgins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian T |
| FAMILY NAME | Higgins |
| SIGNATURE | HIGGINS B T |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Mortality Caused by Dehydration during the Middle Passage
Mortality Caused by Dehydration during the Middle Passage
Mortality Caused by Dehydration during the Middle Passage
Accounts abound of slaves suffering from lack of water during the middle passage, many of them collected during testimony before the British Parliament and by British abolitionists. A Captain Hayes spoke of a cargo “labouring under the most famishing thirst. . . being in very few instances allowed more than a pint of water a day” (Buxton, 1844: 154–155). Thomas Clarkson (1969 [1789]: 573) claimed that he had seen slaves “almost dying from want of…
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Mortality Caused by Dehydration during the Middle Passage
Mortality Caused by Dehydration during the Middle Passage
Accounts abound of slaves suffering from lack of water during the middle passage, many of them collected during testimony before the British Parliament and by British abolitionists. A Captain Hayes spoke of a cargo “labouring under the most famishing thirst. . . being in very few instances allowed more than a pint of water a day” (Buxton, 1844: 154–155). Thomas Clarkson (1969 [1789]: 573) claimed that he had seen slaves “almost dying from want of…
Mortality Caused by Dehydration during the Middle Passage
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