The Last Slave Market: Dr John Kirk and the Struggle to End the East African Slave Trade - Couverture rigide

Hazell, Alastair

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1845296729 ISBN 13 : 9781845296728

Editeur : Constable, 2011

Synopsis

John Kirk was the only companion of David Livingstone to emerge untainted from the disastrous, often fatal expedition up the Zambesi river between 1859 and 1863. Three years later, Kirk returned to Africa, to the notorious island of Zanzibar, ancient source of slave trafficking from Africa to the Middle East. Half a century after the abolition of slave trading had been passed into British law, this commerce continued to exist on Africa's east coast, tolerated and even connived at by Britain's empire on the Indian Ocean. But Kirk, appointed as medical officer to the British Consulate in Zanzibar, could do nothing.

This extraordinary - and controversial - book brings Kirk's years in Zanzibar to life. The horrors of the overland passage from the interior, and the Zanzibar slave market itself are vividly described. The final bitter conflict with Livingstone, who blamed Kirk for his own disasters, is retold. But it was Kirk's own success in closing down the slave trade on the island which made him internationally famous. Using private diaries and papers, a long forgotten Victorian hero and an extraordinary chapter in British history are revived in detail.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

ALASTAIR HAZELL spent much of his early life in East and Central Africa. This is his first book, the outcome of extensive research in archives in Zanzibar and elsewhere. He lives in London.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Constable
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845296729
• ISBN 13: 9781845296728
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible