Voyages to the Coast of Africa...

£700 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

An interesting and unusual account of shipwreck and subsequent slavery. Saugnier and Brisson were shipwrecked within a year of each other in the Spanish zone of Rio del Oro in the mid-1780s. This first-hand account not only depicts their ordeal but includes a lengthy, detailed breakdown of the expenses incurred in the slave trade.

• Year: 1792

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