LEADER 04345nam 2200721 450 001 9910464182403321 005 20210507023110.0 010 $a0-300-19923-6 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300199239 035 $a(CKB)3710000000056638 035 $a(EBL)3421331 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001047702 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12437610 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001047702 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11159467 035 $a(PQKB)11585075 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3421331 035 $a(DE-B1597)486385 035 $a(OCoLC)862746096 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300199239 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3421331 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10800428 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL540784 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000056638 100 $a20130513h20132013 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aShip of death $ea voyage that changed the Atlantic world /$fBilly G. Smith 210 1$aNew Haven :$cYale University Press,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (328 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-300-19452-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. The Hankey --$t2. The British Colonists --$t3. West Africa --$t4. Cross-Cultural Negotiations --$t5. Death in Bolama --$t6. Grumettas and the Final Days of the "Canabacs' Chickens" --$t7. Yellow Jack Comes to the Caribbean --$t8. Calamity in the United States Capital --$t9. Journal of the Plague Months --$tEpilogue: The Living and the Dead --$tThe Legacy of the Hankey --$tNotes --$tGlossary of People and Places of West Africa --$tIndex 330 $a" It is no exaggeration to say that the Hankey, a small British ship that circled the Atlantic in 1792 and 1793, transformed the history of the Atlantic world. This extraordinary book uncovers the long-forgotten story of the Hankey, from its altruistic beginnings to its disastrous end, and describes the ship's fateful impact upon people from West Africa to Philadelphia, Haiti to London. Billy G. Smith chased the story of the Hankey from archive to archive across several continents, and he now brings back to light a saga that continues to haunt the modern world. It began with a group of high-minded British colonists who planned to establish a colony free of slavery in West Africa. With the colony failing, the ship set sail for the Caribbean and then North America, carrying, as it turned out, mosquitoes infected with yellow fever. The resulting pandemic as the Hankey traveled from one port to the next was catastrophic. In the United States, tens of thousands died in Philadelphia, New York, Boston, and Charleston. The few survivors on the Hankey eventually limped back to London, hopes dashed and numbers decimated. Smith links the voyage and its deadly cargo to some of the most significant events of the era-the success of the Haitian slave revolution, Napoleon's decision to sell the Louisiana Territory, a change in the geopolitical situation of the new United States-and spins a riveting tale of unintended consequences and the legacy of slavery that will not die"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aYellow fever$zGuinea-Bissau$zBolama Island$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aEpidemics$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aYellow fever$zCaribbean Area$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aYellow fever$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aAntislavery movements$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aAbolitionists$zGreat Britain$vBiography 607 $aBolama Island (Guinea-Bissau)$xColonization 607 $aBolama Island (Guinea-Bissau)$xHistory$y18th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aYellow fever$xHistory 615 0$aEpidemics$xHistory 615 0$aYellow fever$xHistory 615 0$aYellow fever$xHistory 615 0$aAntislavery movements$xHistory 615 0$aAbolitionists 676 $a614.5/41096657 700 $aSmith$b Billy G$g(Billy Gordon)$01033037 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910464182403321 996 $aShip of death$92451270 997 $aUNINA