Voyages, Travels and Adventures of John Benson (1744-1818)

by John Benson

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John Benson was at the age of 15 "when a strong inclination to travel the seas and visit distant shores" took possession of him. In all he made seven voyages - embarking from Newport RI in the 1760s - successively experiencing his ships' capture by Privateers, imprisonment, shipwreck, two voyages to Africa to purchase slaves, a slave insurrection, and a remarkable vision while sick from an epidemic "which changed completely his views as to the sinfulness of slave-trading, as well as awakened his religious nature with startling power."
  • ISBN10 1257918494
  • ISBN13 9781257918492
  • Publish Date 16 July 2011
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Lulu.com
  • Format eBook (OEB)
  • Language English