Slave traders -- Biography
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Vingt Années de la Vie d'un Négrier (French translation of "Captain Canot", second edition; Paris: Amyot, 1860), by Theodore Canot, ed. by Brantz Mayer- Adventures of an African Slaver: Being a True Account of the Life of Captain Theodore Canot, Trader in Gold, Ivory and Slaves on the Coast of Guinea (New York: A.and C. Boni, 1928), by Theodore Canot, ed. by Malcolm Cowley and Brantz Mayer, illust. by Miguel Covarrubias
- Captain Canot, or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver: Being an Account of His Career and Adventures on the Coast, in the Interior, on Shipboard, and in the West Indies (New York and London: D. Appleton and Co., 1854), by Theodore Canot, ed. by Brantz Mayer
- John Newton of Olney and St. Mary Woolnoth: An Autobiography and Narrative, Compiled Chiefly From His Diary and Other Unpublished Documents, by John Newton and Josiah Bull (multiple formats at archive.org)
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Filed under: Canot, Theodore, 1804-1860- Captain Canot, or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver: Being an Account of His Career and Adventures on the Coast, in the Interior, on Shipboard, and in the West Indies (New York and London: D. Appleton and Co., 1854), by Theodore Canot, ed. by Brantz Mayer
- Adventures of an African Slaver: Being a True Account of the Life of Captain Theodore Canot, Trader in Gold, Ivory and Slaves on the Coast of Guinea (New York: A.and C. Boni, 1928), by Theodore Canot, ed. by Malcolm Cowley and Brantz Mayer, illust. by Miguel Covarrubias
- The Works of the Rev. John Newton, Late Rector of the United Parishes of St. Mary Woolnoth, and St. Mary Woolchurch Haw, London; With Memoirs of the Author, and General Remarks on His Life, Connections, and Character (third edition, 6 volumes; London: Printed for Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1824), by John Newton, contrib. by Richard Cecil (page images at HathiTrust)
- John Newton, by Albert William Parsons (HTML with commentary at Wayback Machine)
- John Newton of Olney and St. Mary Woolnoth: An Autobiography and Narrative, Compiled Chiefly From His Diary and Other Unpublished Documents, by John Newton and Josiah Bull (multiple formats at archive.org)
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- Portraits in Miniature and Other Essays (c1931), by Lytton Strachey (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
- Biographical Sketches (New York: Leypoldt and Holt, 1869), by Harriet Martineau (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Biographical Sketches (London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1863), by Nassau William Senior
- A Book of Worthies, Gathered From the Old Histories and Now Written Anew (London: Macmillan and Co, 1869), by Charlotte M. Yonge (multiple formats at Google)
- Brief Biographies (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1861; with illustrations added for the online edition), by Samuel Smiles (illustrated HTML with commentary in the UK)
- Classic Memoirs (revised edition, 3 volumes; New York: Colonial Press, c1901), contrib. by George Saintsbury and Robert Arnot
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- The American Encyclopedia of History, Biography and Travel (St. Louis: J. and H. Miller, 1856), by Thomas H. Prescott (multiple formats at archive.org)
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