Théophilus Conneau collection on A Slaver's Log Book

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Théophilus Conneau collection on A Slaver's Log Book

853-1976, 1853-1854

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Collection contains original manuscript for A Slaver's Log Book or 20 Year's Residence in Africa, written by Théophilus Conneau (who used the alias Theodore Canot for publication), with notes from editor and the originally attributed author, Brantz Mayer. Also with two sets of corrected proofs, correspondence, and additional printed material concerning later editions of the book.

1.5 linear feet (4 boxes)

eng, Latn

Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11661876

Houghton Library

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Conneau, Théophilus, 1804-1860

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Captain Théophilus Conneau (1804-1860) was born in Italy to French parents in 1804. He became involved with the slave trade in 1826, and for the following thirteen years, he was an agent to Cuban slave traders and a commander of vessels that smuggled captive African people into Cuba, working mostly on the coast of Guinea and Liberia. Conneau owned a fort where European goods were exchanged for enslaved people. Conneau was imprisoned by the English and French; his French sentence for active prom...