Letters on West Africa and the Slave Trade. Paul Erdmann Isert's Journey to Guinea and the Carribean Islands in Columbia (1788)

by Paul Erdmann Isert and Selena Axelrod Winsnes

Book Overview

Paul E. Isert, a Dane, arrived in Ghana (then the Gold Coast) in 1783, taking advantage of an opening in the slave trade between Guinea and the West Indies. He was appointed as chief surgeon to the Danish establishments on the Guinea Coast. In 1786 he sailed to the West Indies with a cargo of slaves, who revolted. His experiences in Ghana and the West Indies resolved him to end the trans-Atlantic slave abuse. This book is written in the form of letters...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9988647018
• ISBN13: 9789988647018
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Sub-Saharan Publishers
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"