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Historical sketches of the south

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The author traces the origins and development of slavery in the American South, surveying early colonial attitudes, legislative responses to the slave trade, and the persistence of illegal trafficking. A focused narrative follows the capture of a group of Tarkar people, preparations for and the voyage of the schooner Clotilde, their arrival and later return, and the community's life on a plantation in Alabama. Interspersed are firsthand impressions of Alabama and ethnographic sketches of Tarkar individuals and settlements. The volume combines historical analysis with drawings, maps, and photographs to document cultural details and the human consequences of the illicit trade.

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
Abaché Frontispiece
Drawn by Emma Roche.
Poleete 73
Drawn by Emma Roche.
Abaché and Kazoola 79
Map Drawn by Kazoola 89

(1) Tarkar Village. (2) Dahomey’s Land. (3)
Wavering line showing stealthy march of Dahomeyans
through forest. (4) Route by which captive
Tarkars were taken to the sea. (5), (6), (7), (8),
Eko, Budigree, Adaché, Whydah, towns through
which Tarkars passed. (9) River. (10) Beach
and sea.

Kazoola 97
Drawn by Emma Roche.
Wreck of the “Clotilde.” 103
Charlee 109
Olouala 117
Drawn by Emma Roche.
Charlee, Head of the Tarkars 127
Drawn by Emma Roche.
Kazoola 131
Zooma, the Last Tarkbar 139