The Last Slave Market
Dr John Kirk and the Struggle to End the East African Slave Trade
$40.83
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
20 December 2006
Summary
John Kirk was the only companion of explorer David Livingstone to emerge untainted from the disastrous, tragic expedition up the Zambezi river between 1859 and 1863. Three years later, Kirk returned to Africa, to the notorious island of Zanzibar, ancient post of the slave trade between Africa and the Middle East.
Half a century after the abolition of slavery in Britain, slave trafficking persisted on Africa’s east coast, apparently tolerated and even connived with by …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780336572 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1780336578 |
| Author: | Alastair Hazell |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 20 December 2006 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 36mm |
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This is a humdinger of a tale. You might have thought that journeys into the heart of the Dark Continent with David Livingstone, Henry Morton Stanley and the likes of Richard Burton had already inspired so vast and breathless a literature that there were few surprises left to report. But that’s the miracle of this story. Alastair Hazell’s genius has been to plough through the huge and well-documented archive, follow his nose, and tell a tale from an entirely new perspective: the life of Dr John Kirk, an early companion to Dr Livingstone, and afterwards a humble Scottish medical officer and Acting British Consul in Zanzibar. In doing so he turns several accounts on their heads, rectifies a seriously skewed picture, rescues a reputation - and on every page enthralls his readers. - The Spectator
Alastair Hazell is not afraid to tell a good story … [this is] the extraordinary story of how a medical functionary opposed to slavery became the effective ruler of the last of the world’s great slave-trading nations. - TLSThere is much to enjoy and reflect upon in this carefully researched and briskly told account. - The EconomistOverdue. - Sunday HeraldA fascinating forgotten tale. - MetroDespite abolition, the slave trade ?ourished on Zanzibar in the late 19th century, until a Scot, John Kirk, stamped it out. The place’s exotic, murky history is well evoked. - The Sunday Telegraph[a] grim but spellbinding account….Hazell tells his story with just the right mix of pace and detail, to keep you hooked. - Independent on SundayAbout The Author
Alastair Hazell
Alastair Hazell grew up and worked in East Africa. This is his first book. He now lives in London.
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