Revelations of a Slave Trader

This memoir offers a rare firsthand account of the transatlantic slave trade from the perspective of a French ship captain. The author describes his experiences transporting slaves from Africa to the New World, his encounters with pirates and other hazards at sea, and his eventual conversion to Christianity and renunciation of the slave trade.

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