The biography of Captain Rupert Blackand his incredible iron ship 'The Destroyer',driven by steam, and built in 1798 in Sunderland. Although he was not a qualified engineer, he had the ability to combine the ideas and inventions of othersinto a whole new concept, and to deviseways of building his ship with the primitive tools and materials of the time. He was an ardent and active Slave Trade Abolitionist and used his ship to capture slave ships and free the slaves, in order to hasten thedemise of the Atlantic slave trade. This is afirst hand account as recorded by the FirstOfficer, Commander James White as told tomy grandfather.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. The biography of Captain Rupert Blackand his incredible iron ship 'The Destroyer', driven by steam, and built in 1798 in Sunderland. Although he was not a qualified engineer, he had the ability to combine the ideas and inventions of othersinto a whole new concept, and to deviseways of building his ship with the primitive tools and materials of the time. He was an ardent and active Slave Trade Abolitionist and used his ship to capture slave ships and free the slaves, in order to hasten thedemise of the Atlantic slave trade. This is afirst hand account as recorded by the FirstOfficer, Commander James White as told tomy grandfather This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781974356744
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