Ship of Death: A Voyage That Changed the Atlantic World
- ISBN-10
- 0300194528
- ISBN-13
- 9780300194524
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 306
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-11-19
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Author
- Billy G. Smith
Description
How a ship of British idealists sailed to Africa to end the slave trade but instead ignited a yellow fever pandemic
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