Another head of the hydra
Slave trade sailors and militancy on the African coast
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12737508 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emma Christopher (0000-0001-7335-5388, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 145-157 |
| Publication date | 2004-09-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Atlantic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1478-8810 • E-ISSN: 1740-4649 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1478881042000278721 |
| OpenAlex | W1590001045 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
This paper looks at the activities of the sailors on board British and North American slave ships on the coast of West Africa. It argues that the West African coast was a central part of the Atlantic arena, where seamen deserted from their ships, resisted the authority of their captain, and occasionally took the more extreme action of taking their ships and turning pirate. They did this not in isolation from local African workers, but rather in connection with them
Action (physics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Head (geology · Lernaean Hydra · North west · Physical geography · West coast · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Maritime Security and History · Geology · Oceanography
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |