378. Information of Cuthbert Bisbronney, September 2, 1775; Information of William Stanistreet, September 2, 1775.
379. Morning Chronicle. 1775. September 11; Council Book of the Corporation, 1775. Vol.2. P. 717–718, цит.: Brooke R. Liverpool as it was. P. 345.
380. Snelgrave W. A New Acccount. P. 162–163. Cm.: Christopher E. Slave-Trade Sailors. Ch. 6.
381. Testimony of John Simpson, 1791 // HCSP, 82:42; Interview of George Millar // Substance. P. 3; Testimony of Sir George Young // HCSP, 73:136; Three Years Adventures. P. 41; Robinson S. A Sailor Boy’s Experience. P. 56; Testimony of Richard Story, 1791 // HCSP, 82:13; Interview of Thompson // Substance. P. 24.
На суде в 1701 г. утверждалось, что Джон Бэбб разрешил матросам брать пищу рабов, после чего многие умерли. См.: John Babb v. Bernard Chalkley (1701), HCA 24/127.
382. Сокращение заработной платы в Ливерпуле в августе 1775 г. было вторым за короткий период времени. Еще в середине июня 1775 г. матросы на работорговых кораблях, выходивших из Ливерпуля, получали обычную норму в 40 шиллингов в месяц. См.: Wage Book for the voyage of the ship Dalrymple from Dominica to Liverpool, Patrick Fairweather, Master, 1776, William Davenport Archives, Maritime Archives & Library, D/DAV/3/3, МММ. См. также: TSTD, #91988.
383. Newport Mercury. 1763. July 18.
384. An Account of the Life, P. 22–24. О плавании корабля «Верный Джордж» см.: Newport Mercury. 1763. July 18.
385. Piersen W. D. White Cannibals, Black Martyrs: Fear, Depression, and Religious Faith as Causes of Suicide Among New Slaves // Journal of Negro History. 1977. № 62. P. 47–59.
386. Mintz S. W., Price R. The Birth of African-American Culture: An Anthropological Perspective. Orig. publ. 1976; rpt. Boston: Beacon Press, 1992; Gomez M. A. Exchanging Our Country Marks: The Transformation of African Identities in the Colonial and Antebellum South. Chapel Hilclass="underline" University of North Carolina Press, 1998; Smallwood S. E. Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2006.
387. Testimony of George Millar, 1790 // HCSP, 73:394; Testimony of William Littleton, 1789 // HCSP, 68:299; Robinson S. A Sailor Boy’s Experience aboard a Slave Ship in the Beginning of the Present Century. Orig. publ. Hamilton, Scotland: William Naismith, 1867; rpt. Wigtown, Scotland: G. C. Book Publishers Ltd., 1996. P. 55; Atkins J. A Voyage to Guinea, Brasil, and the West Indies; In His Majesty’s Ships, the Swallow and Weymouth. London, 1735; rpt. London: Frank Cass & Co., 1970. P. 180.
388. Three Years Adventures. P. 84; Matthews J. A Voyage to the River Sierra Leone, on the Coast of Africa, containing an Account of the Trade and Productions of the Country, and of the Civil and Religious Customs and Manners of the People; in a Series of Letters to a Friend in England. London: B. White and Son, 1788. P. 151–152.
389. Testimony of Thomas Poplett, 1789 // HCSP, 69:26; Robinson S. A Sailor Boy’s Experience. P. 78; Testimony of Thomas King, 1789 // HCSP, 68:333; Captain William Snelgrave. A New Account of Some Parts of Guinea and the Slave Trade. London, 1734; rpt. London: Frank Cass & Co., 1971. P. 171–172; Three Years Adventures. P. 95–96, 125; Testimony of James Fraser, 1790 // HCSP, 71:34. См. также: Rice A. J. Radical Narratives of the Blacky Atlantic. London: Continuum, 2003. P. 120–146.
390. Snelgrave W. A New Account. P. 163; Testimony of Fraser, 1790 // HCSP, 71:34.
391. Riland R. J. Memoirs of a West-India Planter, Published from an Original MS. With a Preface and Additional Details. London: Hamilton, Adams & Co., 1827. P. 20–24; Testimony of Ecroyde Claxton, 1791 // HCSP, 82:34.
Работорговец Джон Фонтейн свидетельствовал в 1789 г.: «Это зависит от того, к какому народу они принадлежат. Данко никогда не заковывают в кандалы — они снабжают большим количеством рабов. Фанти всегда заковывают в кандалы. Ашанти и другие народы — по необходимости, и в соответствии с совершенным ими преступлением». См.: HCSP, 69:269.
392. Terry R. Some Old Papers Relating to the Newport Slave Trade // Newport Historical Society, Bulletin 62.1927. P. 23.
393. Medical Log of Slaver the «Lord Stanley», 1792, by Christopher Bowes, MS. 129. d.27., Royal College of Surgeons, London. О нумерации тел см.: Smallwood S. E. Saltwater Slavery. P. 178.
394. Journal of the Ship Mary, 1795–96 // Donnan III. P. 375. Cm. также: Three Years Adventures, Memoirs of Crow. P. 38, 40; Testimony of Fraser, 1790 // HCSP, 71:45; Testimony of Alexander Falconbridge, 1790 // HCSP, 72:294.
395. Boston Weekly News-Letter. 1737. September 1, Boston Gazette. 1762. November 22; Park M. Travels into the Interior of Africa, Performed under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association, in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1791 / ed. Kate Ferguson Marsters. Orig. publ. 1799; rpt. Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2000. P. 305.
396. Pennsylvania Gazette. 1741, July 30; Royal Georgia Gazette. 1781. June 14; Testimony of Peter Whitfield Branker // HLSP, 3:190. См. также: Testimony of Captains Richard Pearson and John Olderman // Ibid., 121, 151. О других случаях, когда невольники участвовали в сражениях с каперами, см.: Boston Weekly News-Letter. 1760. July 31; Massachusetts Spy: Or, the Worcester Gazette. 1798. April 4; Commercial Advertiser. 1805. July 19; American Mercury. 1806. October 2; Testimony of James Penny, 1789 // HCSP, 69:117; Memoirs of Crow. P. 102.
397. Enquirer. 1804. September 26; Barker R. The Unfortunate Shipwright, or. Cruel Captain, being a Faithful Narrative of the Unparalleled Sufferings of Robert Barker, Late Carpenter on board the Thetis Snow of Bristol; on a Voyage from thence to the Coast of Guinea and Antigua. Orig. publ. 1760; new edition, London, «printed for the SUFFERER for his own Benefit; and by no one else», 1775. P. 20; Testimony of John Olderman // HLSP, 3:150; Captain James Penny to Miles Barber, July 24, 1784, Baillie v. Hartley, exhibits regarding the Slave Ship Comte du Nord and Slave Trade; schedule, correspondence, accounts, E 219/377, NA; Newport Mercury. 1765. November 18.
398. Barque Eliza’s Journal, Robert Hall, Commander, from Liverpool to Cruize 31 Days & then to Africa & to Demarary; mounts 14 Nine & Six Pounders, with 31 Men & boys. Royal African Company Records, T70/1220, NA; Testimony of Peter Whitfield Branker // HLSP, 2:119; Testimony of John Ashley Hall // HCSP, 72:233, 273.
399. Testimony of Falconbridge, 1790 // HCSP, 72:303; Testimony of Fraser, 1790 // HCSP, 71:28.
400. Three Years Adventures. P. 116–17; Testimony of John Ashley Hall, 1790 // HCSP, 72:230.
401. Falconbridge A. An Account of the Slave Trade. P. 26.
402. Testimony of James Bowen, 1789 // HCSP, 69:125; Testimony of John Knox, 1789 // HCSP, 68:158.
403. Captain John Adams. Sketches taken during Ten Voyages to Africa, Between the Years 1786 and 1800; including Observations on the Country between Cape Palmas and the River Congo; and Cursory Remarks on the Physical and Moral Character of the Inhabitants. London, 1823; rpt. New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1970. P. 9.