Ship of death [DAISY talking book] : a voyage that changed the Atlantic World

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Title:

Author:

Smith, Billy G. (Billy Gordon) author.

Added Author:

Fox, Jack, narrator.

Publication Date:

2014

Publication Information:

Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2014. (American Printing House for the Blind, recording studio)

Physical Description:

1 computer optical disc : sound ; 4 3/4 in.

Abstract:

Considers the transatlantic voyage of the British ship the Hankey, which, in an attempt to establish an anti-slavery colony in West Africa in 1792, inadvertently brought mosquitoes infected with yellow fever to ports in the Caribbean and on the Atlantic coast, resulting in the deaths of tens of thousands. 2013.

General Note:

Digital audiobook in DAISY format.

Performers:

Narrated by: Jack Fox.

Technical Details:

Full audio with structure.

System requirements: NLS authorized ANSI/NISO Z39.86-2002 digital talking book (dtb) player compatible with NLS flash cartridges. Web version requires computer with Internet access, BARD password and NLS authorized digital talking book player. Contact your cooperating library or the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, for more information.

Corporate Subject:

Bolama Association.

Subject Term:

Abolitionists -- Great Britain -- Biography.

Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.

Epidemics -- History -- 18th century.

Hankey (Ship : 1784)

Yellow fever -- Caribbean Area -- History -- 18th century.

Yellow fever -- Guinea-Bissau -- Bolama Island -- History -- 18th century.

Yellow fever -- United States -- History -- 18th century.

Geographic Term:

Bolama Island (Guinea-Bissau) -- Colonization.