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  • I turned as quickly as I could, to see the longboat already nearly at the slaveship.

    Enjoyment 2010

  • This man, Chuck, who had never done a seedy thing in his life, could channel that ex-slaveship captain who was lost and found like Johnny Cash could channel a Folsom County lifer.

    AND THE WELL RUNS DEEP • by Jason Stout 2008

  • And when Tristan publishes a novel about the voyage of a Jewish owned slaveship to America in the 1950s, right after the war, he is despised.

    Scott Thill: Is This The End Of The Jews? An Interview With Adam Mansbach 2008

  • This is something that historians have noted about slaveship uprisings.

    Black History Finally Coming to a Movie Theater Near You! Anxious Black Woman 2007

  • As a matter of fact, it was the slaveship captain that raped and impregnated Betty.

    Freedom Center Firing Workers Nathaniel Livingston 2005

  • Slave girls like Betty Sally Hemings' mother was raped repeatedly day and night by the captain of the slaveship and his crew.

    Freedom Center Firing Workers Nathaniel Livingston 2005

  • The tattoo on his cheek wrinkled as he scowlingly recounted his days below deck in a slaveship before Kennit had freed him.

    Ship Of Destiny Hobb, Robin 2000

  • He preached that by working as crew on a slaveship, they had become the enemies of all just men.

    The Mad Ship Hobb, Robin 1999

  • We cannot seize every slaveship between Jamaillia and Chalced.

    The Mad Ship Hobb, Robin 1999

  • The peace of the scene was spoiled only by the stench of the slaveship and the low mutter of misery from the chained cargo within it.

    Ship Of Magic Hobb, Robin 1998

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