Voyage of Despair. The Hannibal, its captain and all who sailed in her, 1693-1695

Bristol Post book review: “Brecon Town Council honoured a slave ship captain with a memorial plaque in 2010! Rosemary L. Caldicott’s book Voyage of Despair looks both at Phillips journal and other sources to reveal the absolute horrors of the trade in general and the Hannibal’s journey in particular. It also examines the campaign and arguments around the plagues removal. It’s an issue that Caldicott makes clear… the business of enslaving people, and the profits made on the back of it, reach deep into the U.K”

Read full review of Voyage of Despair in the Bristol Post.

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