CAPTAIN CANOT is a fascinating account of the career of Theodore Canot, a nineteenth century slave trader who traveled widely buying slaves in west Africa and reselling them in the West Indies. Canot's work presents a first-hand description of the slave trade from the inside. His attitudes and descriptions of Africans are telling, but as he grew older and had more contact with the inhabitants of west Africa, Canot's perceptions and biases toward Africans began to soften. This is especially true after his experiences with the American freedmen who settled Liberia. Includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.